Priscilla the Multi-Talented Businesswoman
Mentioned alongside her husband Aquila at least six times in the New Testament, Priscilla was a leather tent maker. In Corinth, she and her husband collaborated with Paul in the business of tent making. Together with her husband, she accompanied Paul on his missionary work to Ephesus, spreading Christianity to the world.
The tradition of the husband and wife team reaches as far as the Italian Renaissance. Women’s roles went further than childbearing and rearing. They worked alongside their husbands in the field and in business. Their intellect was recognized in art and politics. Anisia Lacob (2021) explains how women used their intellect as a weapon. Women in history, religious or non-religious, have always found ways to rise above what was expected of them.
A businesswoman [Acts 18:1-3], a wife [Acts 18:2], an evangelist [Paul’s ministry co-worker Romans 16:3], and a church leader [1 Corinthians 16:19]; Priscilla was a multi-talented woman. Her Christianity was solid, as demonstrated by the fact that she and her husband corrected and instructed the gifted preacher Apollos about the gospel, particularly about baptism [Romans 18:26].
In the history of Christianity, Priscilla foreshadows a future where women are equal to men. The Bible depicts her as an equal to Aquila. Priscilla not only worked with her husband, but had a mastery for tent making, hospitality, and Theology alike (Hope Bolinger).
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