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Early Christian Widows and Their Social-Economic Situation, Support, and Contribution to the Church.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zhao, Rebekah Yurong, author.
- Series:
- Library of New Testament studies.
- The Library of New Testament Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Widows--Conduct of life.
- Widows.
- Grief--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Grief.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- London : T&T Clark, 2025.
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- Focuses on the subject of widows in early Christianity and the first two centuries CE, including their social-economic situation, means of support and contributions to the early church.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1 Questions concerning this topic
- 2 Survey of scholarship
- 3 Research approach
- 4 Chapter outline
- Chapter 2. Widows in the Roman World
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Age profile
- 3 The economic conditions of widows
- 4 Remarriage
- 5 The vulnerability of single widows
- 6 Wealthy widows
- 7 Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Widows in Ancient Judaism
- 2 The social-economic vulnerability of widows
- 3 The mechanisms for the support of widows
- 4 The enforcement and effect of the mechanisms
- 5 The support of widows outside the mechanisms
- Chapter 4. Widows in Early Christian Narrative Texts
- 2. Widows in Luke-Acts
- 3 Widows in the Acts of Peter
- 4 Widows in the Acts of Thomas
- 5 Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Widows in Early Christian Instruction Texts
- 2 Widows in 1 Timothy 5.3-16
- 3 Widows in Shepherd of Hermas
- 4 Widows in the epistles of Ignatius and Polycarp
- 5 Widows in the treatises of Tertullian
- 6 Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Widows in Early Christian Apologetic Texts
- 2 The arguments of the Apologists
- 3 Love and support among Christians
- 4 The support of widows and their contributions
- Chapter 7. Conclusion
- 1 Summary
- 2 Critical analysis of the sources
- 3 Possible historical conclusions
- 4 Contributions
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-567-72138-8
- 0-567-72137-X
- OCLC:
- 1520506946
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