Erin K. Vearncombe

Out of the Shadows, the Acts of Paul and Thecla

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“B. Brandon Scott and Perry Kea’s new translation and commentary offers a rigorous and balanced reading of the Acts of [Paul and] Thecla. Scott and Kea’s approach to this remarkable story rightfully emphasizes the centrality of the female body to contests for community identities in the Roman Empire, a feat yet to be accomplished in translation. For readers interested in glimpsing the popular imagination of the earliest generations of Jesus communities, this writing—made newly accessible through this translation—is as close as you can get.”