Abstract:

Paul's references to women in his letter to the Romans and their probable backdrop against the situation in Rome and Paul's own circumstances in the mid-fifties of the first century CE have rarely been examined. This article first addresses some of the methodological challenges involved in this quest and sketches the historical background. Discussion also includes Tacitus's account of a particularly unsettling event in Annales 11.12–38 and its conceivable bearing on Romans. It then discusses Paul's references to some women, to women in general, to named individual women and to female characteristics or activities in Romans 1:26, 4:19, 7:2–3, 8:22, 9:9–12, 16:1–2 and 16:3–15. While women occur in unqualified traditional roles in marriage, family and society when Paul makes general and abstract references in some passages, Paul also mentions women who fulfil new roles in specific and concrete references, where he wholeheartedly praises them.

摘要：

保罗在写给罗马人的信中提到妇女，以及她们反对罗马局势的可能背景以及保罗在公元一世纪中叶五十年代的处境很少受到研究。本文首先介绍了此任务涉及的一些方法论挑战，并概述了历史背景。讨论还包括Tacitus对《Annales》中一件特别令人不安的事件的描述11.12–38及其对罗马人的影响。然后讨论保罗提到的一些妇女，一般是妇女，是个别妇女，还有罗马书1：26、4：19、7：2–3、8：22、9：9–12中的女性特征或活动， 16：1–2和16：3–15。当保罗在某些段落中对一般性和抽象性提及时，妇女在婚姻，家庭和社会中扮演着不合格的传统角色时，保罗也提到在具体而具体的提及中扮演新角色的妇女，他对此表示衷心的赞扬。