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Understanding the social world of the New Testament / edited by Dietmar Neufeld and Richard E. DeMaris.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. New Testament--Social scientific criticism.
- Bible.
- Israel--Social conditions.
- Israel.
- Palestine--Social conditions.
- Palestine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The New Testament is a book of great significance in Western culture yet is often inaccessible to students because the modern world differs so significantly from the ancient Mediterranean one in which it was written. It is imperative to develop a cross-cultural understanding of the values of the ancient Mediterranean society from which the New Testament arose in order to fully appreciate the documents and the communities that they represent.Dietmar Neufeld and Richard E. DeMaris bring together biblical scholars with expertise in the social sciences to develop interpretative models fo
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Identity; 1 Collectivism in Mediterranean Culture; 2 Kinship and Family in the New Testament World; 3 Constructions of Gender in the Roman Imperial World; 4 Memory Theory: Cultural and Cognitive Approaches to the Gospel Tradition; 5 Ethnicity and Paul's Letter to the Romans; 6 Landscape and Spatiality: Placing Jesus; Part II Interaction and Social Engagement; 7 Honor: Core Value in the Biblical World; 8 Altered States of Consciousness: Visions, Spirit Possession, Sky Journeys
- 9 Jesus's Healing Activity: Political Acts?10 Social Stratification and Patronage in Ancient Mediterranean Societies; 11 Brokerage: Jesus as Social Entrepreneur; 12 Urban Structure and Patronage: Christ Followers in Corinth; 13 Ancient Economy and the New Testament; 14 Purity, Dirt, Anomalies, and Abominations; 15 Ritual and Christian Origins; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Modern Authors; Index of Subjects; The Bible: The Basics; Christian Ethics: The End of the Law; The New Testament in its Ritual World
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-268) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-26300-0
- 1-135-26301-9
- 1-282-37693-4
- 9786612376931
- 0-415-77582-5
- 0-203-86514-6
- 9780203865149
- OCLC:
- 496235681
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