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Constructing early Christian families : family as social reality and metaphor / edited by Halvor Moxnes.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Moxnes, Halvor.
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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