The Lost Apostle, Paperback Reprint

In The Lost Apostle award-winning journalist Rena Pederson investigates a little known subject in early Christian history—the life and times of the female apostle Junia. Junia was an early convert and leading missionary whose story was “lost” when her name was masculinized to Junias in later centuries. The Lost Apostle unfolds like a well-written detective story, presenting Pederson’s lively search for insight and information about a woman some say was the first female apostle.

Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Search Begins 1 1 Cherchez la Femme 7 2 Who Was in the Apostle Club? 27 3 Was the “Lady in Red” an Apostle? 47 4 What About Thecla? 61 5 A Woman of Her Times 77 6 What Was in Paul’s Letter? 111 7 How Did Junia Get Lost? 127 8 Which Bible Can You Believe? 153 9 The Saints We Left Behind 177 10 Finding Junia 203 Discussion Questions 219 Notes 227 Bibliography 257 The Author 263 Index 265