Bible translators masculinized the female apostle Junia to match doctrinal gender roles.

Evidence

“In Romans there’s a woman named Junia, whom Paul said was outstanding among the apostles,” he explains. “Many early writers believed that she was indeed a woman. At some point, though, there was this thought that ‘apostle’ wasn’t a role women should have, and you see a masculine form of the name, ‘Junias,’ start to appear. Some translations highlight this tension in the footnotes, but others don’t mention it. She just became a man.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 94

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: the actual manuscript evidence for Junia/Junias and how translation choices encode theology.
• ADDENDUM: Parallels ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ in showing how textual and sartorial conservatism both police gender boundaries.
• SEED: Angle: how a single name in Romans became a battlefield over women’s authority in the church.
• SHARE: A striking fact for anyone steeped in biblical scholarship or progressive Christianity: a female apostle was edited into a man by later translators.
• XREF: connects to: Bible translators masculinized Junia to protect apostolic gender doctrine — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers: Inside the…, 94

Broader Connections

• Bible translators masculinized Junia to protect apostolic gender doctrine #corroborates (1.00) — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 94