Divided worlds? : challenges in classics and New Testament studies / edited by Caroline Johnson Hodge, Timothy A. Joseph, and Tat-siong Benny Liew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodge, Caroline E. Johnson, editor.

Joseph, Timothy A., editor.

Liew, Tat-siong Benny, editor.

Series:

Semeia studies ; no. 100.

Semeia studies ; number 100

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Equality--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Equality.

Equality--Moral and ethical aspects.

Christian ethics.

Immigrants--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Immigrants.

Disabilities--Biblical teaching.

Disabilities.

People with disabilities in the Bible.

Slavery in the Bible.

Bible. New Testament.

Physical Description:

xiii, 385 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : SBL Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This volume brings together scholars from New Testament studies and classics, whose fields of study have much in common but are not often in in conversation. The contributors explore how the ancient works they study can be resources for thinking critically and creatively about issues that matter today. The essays address our obligation to take positive moral stands on divisive issues of both the past and the present, including empire, racial/ethnic and religious difference, economic inequality, gender and sexuality, slavery, and disability." -- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: divided worlds? / Caroline Johnson Hodge, Timothy Joseph, and Tat-siong Benny Liew

Argument for being less disciplined / Denise Kimber Buell

World of kandake: foregrounding Ethiopian queens and empires / Gay L. Byron

Apocalyptic epidemiology of foreignness: the use of revelation in American associations of immigrants with disease / Yii-Jan Lin

What large letters: invisible labor, invisible disabilities, and Paul's use of scribes / Candida R. Moss

Wayward and willful members: twisting figures past porneia in Paul's letters / Joseph A. Marchal

Master Jesus and the enslaved apostles / Jennifer A. Glancy

Visualizing oppression: slavery and the arts of domination / Abraham Smith

r > g / Allen Dwight Callahan

Equality: a modern, Ancient Greek, and Pauline history of the concept / Jorann Økland

Aesthetics: New Testament, the classics, and a case study in 1 Corinthians / Laura Salah Nasrallah

Responses. On polycentrism, simultaneity, and the priority of ethical urgency: the example of Walker's Appeal / Timothy A. Joseph

Divided worlds: how divided are they? / Shelley P. Haley

Classicist's reflections on Greco-Roman epidemiologies of foreignness and categorizations of disability / Thomas R. Martin

Freedom, slavery, and beyond: a reflection / Dominic Machado

Two approaches to equality, inequality, and justice in the ancient world / Douglas Boin

On being disciplined / Katherine Lu Hsu

Afterword: the ancient world and the ancient world / Joy Connolly.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781628375459

1628375450

OCLC:

1377712880