Junia

New Testament character (Romans 16)

Junia, also erroneously known as Junias, was an early Christian female apostle in the first century known from Paul the Apostle's letter to the Romans.

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How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

  • Homilies on the Epistle to the Romans 1 claim — Andronicus and Junia greeted at Rome

Glosses

  • Junia and the accent The name in Romans 16:7 is written IOUNIAN in an unaccented text, and the accent decides the sex: Iounian is the common Roman woman's name Junia, Iounian the otherwise unattested man's name Junias. Every ancient reader…

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