Editing Priscilla and Aquila (section)

===Priscilla===
[[File:Harold Copping - Priscilla illustration from Women of the Bible published by - (MeisterDrucke-225035).jpg|thumb|Priscilla illustration from the Women of the Bible, [[Harold Copping]]]]
Priscilla was a woman of Jewish heritage and one of the earliest known Christian converts who lived in Rome. Her name is a Roman diminutive for ''Prisca'' which was her formal name. She is often thought to have been the first example of a female preacher or teacher in early church history. Coupled with her husband, she was a celebrated missionary, and a friend and co-worker of Paul.<ref name="Bilezikian">Bilezikian, Gilbert. ''Beyond Sex Roles.'' Baker, 1989. {{ISBN|0-8010-0885-9}}. pp.200–201</ref>

While the view is not widely held among scholars, some scholars have suggested that Priscilla was the author of the [[Book of Hebrews]]. Although acclaimed for its artistry, originality, and literary excellence, it is one of the few books in the [[New Testament]] with author anonymity.<ref name=Hoppin/> Hoppin and others suggest that Priscilla was the author, but that her name was omitted either to suppress its female authorship, or to protect the letter itself from suppression.<ref name=Hoppin/><ref name=von>Adolph von Harnack, "Probabilia uber die Addresse und den Verfasser des Habraerbriefes", ''Zeitschrift fur die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der aelteren Kirche'' (E. Preuschen, Berlin: Forschungen und Fortschritte, 1900), 1:16–41. English translation available in Lee Anna Starr, ''The Bible Status of Woman.'' Zarephath, New Jersey: Pillar of Fire, 1955, 392–415</ref>

She is the only Priscilla named in the [[New Testament]]. The fact that she is always mentioned with her husband, Aquila, disambiguates her from different women revered as saints in Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Lutheranism, such as (1)&nbsp;[[Priscilla]] of the Roman Glabrio family, the wife of [[Quintus Cornelius Pudens]], who according to some traditions hosted [[St. Peter]] circa AD 42, and (2)&nbsp;a third-century virgin martyr named [[Saint Prisca|Priscilla]] and also called Prisca.