Eve Was Named an Apostle

“This book makes a valuable contribution to examination of the chain of tradition between canonical and postapostolic witnesses to biblical interpretation. At the same time, it illuminates the flexibility of interpretation at the time of Hippolytus with regard to the concept of a new Eve and the roles of women as tradents of Christian witness.”


—Mary E. Mills, University of Manchester





“Combining intertextuality, narratology, and attention to early reception, Daniel Schneider offers an absorbing account of Johannine women characters, both named and unnamed, and how the Johannine narrative fares in the hands of one particular Johannine tradent, Hippolytus. Schneider’s is a richly layered book, amply demonstrating the potential of close textual reading and of pursuing a particular thread along the line of early tradition.”


—Ian Boxall, The Catholic University of America





“A valuable link between Scripture and patristics. Original and creative, giving a well-written, professional, and fair exegesis of a work by Hippolytus which uses gender symbols from John’s Gospel in an early stage in the process by which Mary becomes the New Eve, and which also depicts repentant antitypes of Eve as the equal helpmate and spouse who becomes an apostle. Very relevant today as the Catholic Church considers the role of women.”


—Michael Cullinan, director, Maryvale Higher Institute of Religious Sciences