Putting Jesus in his place : a radical vision of household and kingdom / Halvor Moxnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moxnes, Halvor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Homes and haunts--Israel--Galilee.

Jesus Christ.

Galilee (Israel)--Social life and customs.

Galilee (Israel).

Israel.

Israel--Galilee.

Physical Description:

x, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2003]

Summary:

Utilizing the perspectives of sociology and anthropology, Halvor Moxnes presents a provocative study of the historical Jesus that pays close attention to the role of space and place. Following Jesus' life and his decision to leave the central institution of ancient Galilee -- the household -- and seek companionship among the family of his choosing -- his disciples, Moxnes brings to the forefront new questions about Jesus' identity. From there, he turns to Jesus' creation of a new place, the kingdom of God, over against the established political kingdom in Galilee. Presenting the historical Jesus as a radical visionary who redefined the most basic institutions of society, Moxnes's Putting Jesus in His Place promises to draw us deeper into the life and thought-world of the awe-evoking man.

Contents:

Chapter 1 What Is in a Place? 1

Time, Place, and Historical Jesus Studies 6

Placing Jesus in the Gospels and in Galilee 17

Chapter 2 Home Is the Beginning of Place: Jesus in the Context of House and Household 22

Jesus

Man without Family? 23

Home and the Modern Individual 25

What Is Family? 28

Jesus in a Household 29

Jesus in "Ideal Domestic Space": The Cultural Construction of Families in the Infancy Narratives 32

Galilean Houses and the Shape of Domestic Space 38

House and Household in the Jesus Tradition 43

Chapter 3 Leaving Place: Farewell to Household 46

Jesus in No-Place 49

Called into Not-Yet Places 53

Entering a New Household 59

The Place of the Interpreter 64

Jesus and the Challenge of Dislocation 67

Chapter 4 Leaving Male Space: Eunuchs in the Jesus Movement 72

Unsettling a Male Space: Modern Interpretations of Matt. 19:12 74

Asceticism as Male Space 76

Eunuchs in Borderland 78

The Masculine Ascetic in Early Christian Writers 80

Jesus in Queer Space? 84

Chapter 5 Entering Queer Space 91

Children, Barren Women, and Angels in the Kingdom 92

Constructing a No-Man's Land 95

Eating out of Place 101

Where Is Queer Space? 104

Chapter 6 Kingdom Returns Home 108

Kingdom as Imagined Place 108

Kingdom Becomes Household 113

A Return of Male Space? 121

Chapter 7 The Power of Place: The Exorcist and His Kingdom 125

Shamanism and Control of the Land 127

Exorcisms and Accusations of Deviance 128

Exorcisms and the Kingdom of God 130

Q 11:15: The Challenge: Putting Jesus out of Place 131

Q 11:17-18: Jesus' First Riposte: Satan's Rule as Kingdom and Household 132

Q 11:19-20: Jesus' Second Riposte: Not Satan's but God's Kingdom 134

Possessions and Exorcisms in Jesus' Galilee 136

Conflict over Power: Jesus' Power from Below 138

Chapter 8 Jesus, Household, and Kingdom in Galilee 142

In the Shadow of the Galilean: Searching for Jesus in Galilee 143

Creating Places, Controlling Spaces in Galilee: Herod Antipas vs. Jesus 147

Herod Antipas and the Urbanization of Galilee 148

Jesus and Conflicts in Households and Villages 151

Jesus' Galilee: God's Household as Kingdom 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and indexes.

ISBN:

0664223109

OCLC:

51937284