The Struggle over Class : Socioeconomic Analysis of Ancient Christian Texts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keddie, G. Anthony.

Contributor:

Flexsenhar III, Michael.

Friesen, Steven J.

Series:

Writings from the Greco-Roman World Supplement

Writings from the Greco-Roman World Supplement ; v.19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.

Christian literature, Early.

Social classes--Biblical teaching.

Social classes.

Social conflict--Biblical teaching.

Social conflict.

Social conflict--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Struggle over Class

Place of Publication:

: Society of Biblical Literature, 2021.

Summary:

The Struggle over Class brings together scholars from the fields of New Testament and early Christianity to examine Christian texts in light of the category of class. Historically rigorous and theoretically sophisticated, this collection presents a range of approaches to, and applications of, class in the study of the epistles, the gospels, Acts, apocalyptic texts, and patristic literature. Contributors Alicia J. Batten, Alan H. Cadwallader, Cavan W. Concannon, Zeba Crook, James Crossley, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Philip F. Esler, Michael Flexsenhar III, Steven J. Friesen, Caroline Johnson Hodge, G. Anthony Keddie, Jaclyn Maxwell, Christina Petterson, Jennifer Quigley, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Daniëlle Slootjes, and Emma Wasserman challenge both scholars and students to articulate their own positions in the ongoing scholarly struggle over class as an analytical category. --Back Cover.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1. Epistles and Assemblies

The Matter of Class

"Wife, Pray to the Lar"

Complicating Class in the Letter to Philemon

Class-ifying the Gods

Response to Part 1

Part 2. Synoptic Traditions

Class Conflict and Galilee at the Time of Jesus

Reading Mark through the Lens of Class

Exhuming Class

Response to Part 2

Part 3. Gospel of John and Acts of the Apostles

Class of History and History of Class

Part 4. Apocalyptic Literature

Class Consciousness, Group Affiliation, and Apocalyptic Speculation

Class, Classification, and Political Conflict

Class Analysis in the Book of Revelation

Response to Part 4

Part 5. Patristic Literature

Unequally Yoked

How Level Is the Playing Field?

Response to Part 5

Contributors

Ancient Sources Index

Modern Authors Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780884145462

0884145468

OCLC:

1273974661