Constructing Early Christian Families : Family as Social Reality and Metaphor


Halvor. Moxnes
Bok Engelsk 1997 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
London : : Routledge, , 1997.
Omfang
1 online resource (284 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS FAMILY? PROBLEMS IN CONSTRUCTING EARLY CHRISTIAN FAMILIES; THE FAMILY IN FIRST-CENTURY GALILEE; THE FAMILY AS THE BEARER OF RELIGION IN JUDAISM AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY; THE RELATIVISATION OF FAMILY TIES IN THE JEWISH AND GRAECO-ROMAN TRADITIONS; THE ROMAN FAMILY: IDEAL AND METAPHOR; FAMILY IMAGERY AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY IN GAL 5:13 TO 6:10. - EQUALITY WITHIN PATRIARCHAL STRUCTURES: SOME NEW TESTAMENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AS A BROTHER-OR SISTERHOOD AND A FAMILYBROTHERHOOD IN PLUTARCH AND PAUL: ITS ROLE AND CHARACTER; BROTHERHOOD IN CHRIST: A GENDER HERMENEUTICAL READING OF 1 THESSALONIANS; PAUL WITHOUT PASSION: ON PAUL'S REJECTION OF DESIRE IN SEX AND MARRIAGE; ASCETICISM AND ANTI-FAMILIAL LANGUAGE IN THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS; FAMILY STRUCTURES IN GNOSTIC RELIGION; Index of ancient sources; Index of modern authors. - Constructing Early Christian Families explores the complex picture of family relations and the manifold attitudes to the family in the early Christian world.
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0415146380. - 0415146399

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