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The social world of Jesus and the Gospels / Bruce J. Malina.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malina, Bruce J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Gospels--Social scientific criticism.
- Bible.
- Sociology, Biblical.
- Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.
- Jews.
- Palestine--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.
- Palestine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels provides the reader with a set of possible scenarios for reading the New Testament: How did first-century persons think about themselves and others? Did they think Jesus was charismatic?
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; READING THEORY PERSPECTIVES; FIRST-CENTURY MEDITERRANEAN PERSONS: A PRELIMINARY VIEW; THE MEDITERRANEAN SELF: A SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; MARY AND JESUS: MEDITERRANEAN MOTHER AND SON; WAS JESUS A CHARISMATIC LEADER?; PATRON AND CLIENT: THE ANALOGY BEHIND SYNOPTIC THEOLOGY; CHRIST AND TIME: SWISS OR MEDITERRANEAN?; THE RECEIVED VIEW AND WHAT IT CANNOT DO; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-75764-6
- 1-134-75765-4
- 0-585-45264-4
- 0-203-44044-7
- 1-280-31995-X
- 9780203440445
- OCLC:
- 52740185
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