The Judaean poor and the Fourth Gospel / Timothy J.M. Ling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ling, Timothy J. M., author.

Contributor:

Society for New Testament Studies, issuing body.

Series:

Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 136.

Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 136

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. John--Social scientific criticism.

Bible.

Bible. Epistles of John--Social scientific criticism.

Bible--History of contemporary events.

Poverty in the Bible.

West Bank--Social conditions.

West Bank.

West Bank--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 245 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Judaean Poor & the Fourth Gospel

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Judaean society in the first century did not conform to the stereotypical 'Mediterranean honour culture', in that it lacked a significant gentile population and was dominated by a powerful religious elite. Timothy Ling argues that this demands a new social-scientific approach to the Gospel and Letters of John that moves away from the accepted 'sectarian' interpretation. He attributes their distinctiveness instead to their roots in Jesus' Judaean ministry, as contrasted with the Galilean ministry that has attracted much recent study. In particular, Ling contends that the numerous references to 'the poor' in the New Testament can be 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. In doing so, he mounts a convincing challenge to the current dominant reading of the Gospel of John as a product of early Christian sectarianism.

Contents:

Introduction

Problem of incommensurability

Social structures and religious aspirations

"Poor"

Transcending Johannine sectarianism

The New Testament world

Honour, public in nature

Honour, Mediterranean and pivotal

Honour, rooted in gender distinctions

Honour, essentially agonistic

Judaea and 'virtuoso religion'

Religious actor

Judaean social world

Judaean "poor"

Social approaches to the "poor"

Social world of the ptōchoi

John's social world

Johannine sectarianism

Johannine virtuosity.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-235) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-16659-4

1-280-56793-7

0-511-24177-1

0-511-24075-9

0-511-24222-0

0-511-31829-4

0-511-48804-1

0-511-24127-5

OCLC:

171139786

Publisher Number:

9780521857222