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The Judaean poor and the fourth gospel / Timothy J.M. Ling.
Van Pelt Library BS2615.52 .L56 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Ling, Timothy J. M.
- Series:
- Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 136.
- Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. John--Social scientific criticism.
- Bible.
- Bible. Epistles of John--Social scientific criticism.
- Bible. Epistles of John.
- Bible. John.
- Religion.
- Social conditions.
- Social scientific criticism of sacred works.
- West Bank--Social conditions.
- West Bank.
- West Bank--Religion.
- Poverty in the Bible.
- Bible--History of contemporary events.
- History of contemporary events.
- Genre:
- Academic theses.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 245 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Judean poor and the fourth gospel
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- Who were the 'poor' of the Gospel of John? Rather than just the economically marginalised of stereotypical 'Mediterranean honour culture', Timothy Ling argues that they are better understood in the context of the 'alternative' ideologies found among pietistic religious groups practising asceticism, renunciation, and other forms of 'virtuoso religion' in first-century Judaea, as contrasted with the powerful religious elite of that region. He emphasises the strong Judaean focus of John's Gospel and contends that the text's distinctiveness arises from this rather than from an early Christian sectarian agenda.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Problem of incommensurability
- Social structures and religious aspirations
- 'Poor'
- Transcending Johannine sectarianism
- The New Testament World
- Introduction
- Honour, public in nature
- Honour, Mediterranean and pivotal
- Honour, rooted in gender distinctions
- Honour, essentially agonistic
- Conclusion
- Judaea and 'virtuoso religion'
- Religious actor
- Judaean social world
- Judaean 'poor'
- Social approaches to the 'poor'
- Social world of the ptōchoi
- Conclusions
- John's social world
- Johannine sectarianism
- Johannine virtuosity
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and indexes.
- Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kent, 2003.
- ISBN:
- 0521857228
- OCLC:
- 70909037
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521857222
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