Gillian Le Fevre

Thesis title: Representations of Women in the Exegetical Fragments of Hippolytus

Biography

Background

Gill is a part-time PhD by Distance student. She has lived and studied in three countries and now resides with her family outside Toronto in Canada. Gill works full-time in the tech industry and is the Student Minister for her local church within the United Church of Canada. Gill has written a series of Advent devotionals and is currently collaborating on a reflective volume of poetry and prayer for navigating grief.

Qualifications

BA (Hons), University of Melbourne

MA (Distinction), University of Durham

MTS, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto

Research summary

Gill is broadly interested in the role of women in the development of the early church, and looks to understand where and how that has been under-represented in the history of Christianity. Her research is also engaging the wider fields of Christian-Jewish interactions and influences, and Christian-Arabic texts.

Current research interests

Representations of Women in the Exegetical Fragments of Hippolytus: What does analysis of the exegetical fragments attributed to “Hippolytus, the interpreter of the Targums” indicate about the place of women in the thinking and theology of the early church? How are issues such as salvation, purity and discipleship represented? What are the implications of these interpretations for the Hippolytan community?
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