Junia Is Not Alone

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.

Here is what you need to know: “in Greek New Testament composite texts—from Erasmus in the Reformation era to the famous German scholar Erwin Nestle's edition of the Greek New Testament in 1927, Junia was a woman. Apart from one lesser known publication of the Greek New Testament, which had Junias in a footnote but not in the text, no Greek New Testament had anything but Junia, a woman's name, until Nestle's edition in 1927.”

“In changing her name and creating a new male name, Nestle buried Junia alive.”

“Let me be clear once more: The editors of Greek New Testaments killed Junia. They killed her by silencing her into non-existence. They murdered that innocent woman by erasing her from the footnotes.”