Understanding the social world of the New Testament / edited by Dietmar Neufeld and Richard E. DeMaris.
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TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2010.Description: xv, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0415775825
- 0415775817
- 9780415775823
- 9780415775816
- 225.8301 23
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| 225.8262 SCHN The Church in the New Testament / | 225.82641 COGG The prayers of the New Testament | 225.8266 HAHN Mission in the New Testament / | 225.8301 Understanding the social world of the New Testament / | 225.8301412 MOLT Bij Jezus tellen vrouwen mee : evangelieverhalen doorbreken gevestigde patronen / | 225.830142 Die Ehe im Neuen Testament : exegetische Untersuchungen uber Ehe, Ehelosigkeit und Ehescheidung / | 225.830142 HART Het huwelijk in het Nieuwe Testament / |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Collectivism in Mediterranean culture / Bruce J. Malina -- Kinship and family in the New Testament world / Margaret Y. MacDonald -- Constructions of gender in the Roman imperial world / Carolyn Osiek and Jennifer Pouya -- Memory theory: cultural and cognitive approaches to the Gospel tradition / Alan Kirk -- Ethnicity and Paul's Letter to the Romans / Dennis C. Duling -- Landscape and spatiality: placing Jesus / Halvor Moxnes -- Honor: core value in the Biblical world / Richard L. Rohrbaugh -- Altered states of consciousness: visions, spirit possession, sky journeys / Pieter F. Craffert -- Jesus's healing activity: politcal acts? / John J. Pilch -- Social stratification and patronage in Ancient Mediterranean societies / Eric C. Stewart -- Brokerage: Jesus as social entrepreneur / Alicia Batten -- Urban structure and patronage: Christ followers in Corinth / Peter Oakes -- Ancient economy and the New Testament / David A. Fiensy -- Purity, dirt, anomalies, and abominations / Ritva H. Williams -- Ritual and Christian origins / Risto Uro.
The New Testament is a book of great significance in Western culture yet is often inaccessible to students because the modern world differs so significantly from the ancient Mediterranean one in which it was written. Here, the authors develop interpretative models for understanding such values as collectivism and kinship.