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245 0 0 _aUnderstanding the social world of the New Testament /
_cedited by Dietmar Neufeld and Richard E. DeMaris.
260 _aLondon :
_bRoutledge,
_c2010.
300 _axv, 285 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 0 _aCollectivism 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.
520 8 _aThe 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.
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pNew Testament
_xSocial scientific criticism.
651 0 _aIsrael
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aPalestine
_xSocial conditions.
700 1 _aNeufeld, Dietmar.
700 1 _aDeMaris, Richard E.
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_cE-BOOK
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