This chapter explores the female slave, Rhoda, whose story is told in Acts 12. Rhoda is a slave in Mary's house who also functions as a doorkeeper in this domestic space in Jerusalem. The reading Cobb undertakes in this chapter is an in-depth exegetical analysis of this narrative segment ...
13 When Peter knocked at the gate, a girl named Rhoda went to see who it was. 14 She knew Peter’s voice, but in her joy she forgot to open the gate. She ran in and told them that Peter was standing outside the gate. 15 They said to her, “You are crazy.” But she said...
John, also called Mark,where many people had gathered and were praying.13Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.14When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyedshe ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door...
Acts 12:12-16And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. / He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it. / When she recognized Peter’...
After Rhoda V. Lewis, Nakayama is second woman to ever serve on the Hawaii State Supreme Court. Currently serving her third term, Nakayama served her first term from 1993 to 2003 and her second term from 2003 to 2013. Age: 71 Richard T. Notkin Richard T. Notkin is an American ceramic...
He would go on to write and produce a slate of hilarious television series throughout the '70s, including episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and develop The Bob Newhart Show (from 1972 to 1978), Rhoda (1974 to 1978), and Taxi (1978 to 1983). Davis is survived by his wife, ...
Guest essay by Rod Martin, Jr. Climate Scares—The New Fable Climate scares are like the old Greek fable. Most of us learned about Aesop’s fables long ago, likely in grade school. But just in case you don’t know the story of the boy who cried “wolf,”
13 When Peter knocked at the gate, a girl named Rhoda went to see who it was. 14 She knew Peter’s voice, but in her joy she forgot to open the gate. She ran in and told them that Peter was standing outside the gate. 15 They said to her, “You are crazy.” But she said...
Although paid care and domestic work in other people’s homes is an important pillar of the economy, there are several problematic aspects of this work: care and household helpers often have limited social security, and they face irregular working hours, low working hours, and low pay, as the...