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DAMARIS

(Gk. Dámaris)

A woman of Athens singled out in Acts 17:34 (omitted in Codex D) as a believer in Paul’s message concerning the Resurrection (cf. vv. 16-32). She is paired with the only other named believer, Dionysius, a member of the chief Athenian council (Areopagus). This immediate association with a civic official and the wider focus in Acts 17 on Paul’s outreach to high-ranking Greek women (vv. 4, 12) suggest that Damaris herself was a person of some social standing.

Bibliography. I. Richter, Women in the Acts of the Apostles (Minneapolis, 1995), 246-48.

F. Scott Spencer






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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