A introduction to the life of Junia the Apostle in Romans 16:7 and how for centuries Greek New Testaments changed her name to Junias, a non existent male name. McKnight builds on this to agrue that the church has ignored gifted women in ministry throught the centuries. Too brief for an indept discussion of women in ministry but serves as an interesting introduction to the subject. ( )

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Gender bending textual criticism made Junia, the apostle mentioned by Paul in Romans 16, a man named Junias. There was not a single instance of the male name Junias in the ancient world. The sex change was because the Apostles were definitely not women.

In this brief essay (27 pages) McKnight argues that not only was Junia a woman apostle, but she is one of many women in the Bible who exercise authority to teach, preach and prophesy.

This book is too brief to convince the die-hard biblical complementarian but Mcknight makes some cogent points. ( )

This brief book packs a nice punch: "Junia was a woman... Junia was an outstanding apostle." It is a good introduction, but for the more detailed work go to the book by Epp. ( )

I wish this book was longer, but it serves as a nice, strong introduction to Junia and the topic of how women have been silenced so many times throughout history. And now I want to read pretty much everything he referenced or cited. ( )