Junia (New Testament person)

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Junia, also erroneously known as Junias (Biblical Greek: Ἰουνία/Ἰουνίας, Iounia/Iounias), was an early Christian female apostle in the first century known from Paul the Apostle's letter to the Romans. There has been dispute surrounding both Junia's gender and apostolic status among some in biblical scholarship as well as Catholic and Protestant (but not Orthodox) tradition. Junia has been viewed as female through most of Christian history as well as by the majority of scholars. With the exception of the reference to a masculine "Junias" in the Index Discipulorum, purportedly from Epiphanius of Salamis (fourth century), the first texts regarding Junia as a male named Junias come from 12th century manuscripts and the first named author to describe Junia as a male was Giles of Rome in the 13th century. The precise nature of Junia's apostolic status, however, has been more debated. Whereas the NIV calls Junia "outstanding among the apostles" and the NRSV "prominent among the apostles", implying...

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