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Constructing early Christian families : family as social reality and metaphor / edited by Halvor Moxnes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Families--Biblical teaching.
- Families.
- Sociology, Biblical.
- Families--Rome.
- Jewish families--Religious life.
- Jewish families.
- Families--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Religion and sociology--Rome.
- Religion and sociology.
- Rome--Religion.
- Rome.
- Rome--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Constructing Early Christian Families explores the complex picture of family relations and the manifold attitudes to the family in the early Christian world.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS FAMILY? PROBLEMS IN CONSTRUCTING EARLY CHRISTIAN FAMILIES; THE FAMILY IN FIRST-CENTURY GALILEE; THE FAMILY AS THE BEARER OF RELIGION IN JUDAISM AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY; THE RELATIVISATION OF FAMILY TIES IN THE JEWISH AND GRAECO-ROMAN TRADITIONS; THE ROMAN FAMILY: IDEAL AND METAPHOR; FAMILY IMAGERY AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY IN GAL 5:13 TO 6:10
- EQUALITY WITHIN PATRIARCHAL STRUCTURES: SOME NEW TESTAMENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AS A BROTHER-OR SISTERHOOD AND A FAMILYBROTHERHOOD IN PLUTARCH AND PAUL: ITS ROLE AND CHARACTER; BROTHERHOOD IN CHRIST: A GENDER HERMENEUTICAL READING OF 1 THESSALONIANS; PAUL WITHOUT PASSION: ON PAUL'S REJECTION OF DESIRE IN SEX AND MARRIAGE; ASCETICISM AND ANTI-FAMILIAL LANGUAGE IN THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS; FAMILY STRUCTURES IN GNOSTIC RELIGION; Index of ancient sources; Index of modern authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-75743-3
- 1-134-75744-1
- 1-280-31996-8
- 0-203-44049-8
- 0-203-28059-8
- 9780203440490
- OCLC:
- 560362719
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