Early Christian Families In Context
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Author |
: David L. Balch |
Publisher |
: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 444 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 080283986X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780802839862 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (6X Downloads) |
Synopsis Early Christian Families in Context by : David L. Balch
Typical studies of marriage and family in the early Christian period focus on very limited evidence found in Scripture. This interdisciplinary book offers a broader, richer picture of the first Christian families by drawing together research by experts ranging from archaeologists to ancient historians. By exploring the nature of households in the ancient Greco-Roman world, the contributors assemble a new understanding of ancient Christian families that is both compelling and instructive. Divided into six parts, the book covers key aspects of ancient family life, from meals and child-rearing to women's roles and the lives of slaves. Three concluding chapters explore the implications of all this information for theological education today. Contributors: David L. Balch Suzanne Dixon J. Albert Harrill Ross S. Kraemer Christian Laes Peter Lampe Amy-Jill Levine Margaret Y. MacDonald Dale Martin Eric M. Meyers Margaret M. Mitchell Carolyn Osiek Beryl Rawson Richard Saller Timothy F. Sedgwick Monika Trumper Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Author |
: Halvor Moxnes |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2002-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134757435 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134757433 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Constructing Early Christian Families by : Halvor Moxnes
The family is a topical issue for studies of the Ancient world. Family, household and kinship have different connotations in antiquity from their modern ones. This volume expands that discussion to investigate the early Christian family structures within the larger Graeco-Roman context. Particular emphasis is given to how family metaphors, such as 'brotherhood' function to describe relations in early Christian communities. Asceticism and the rejection of sexuality are considered in the context of Christian constructions of the family. Moxnes' volume presents a comprehensive and timely addition to the study of familial and social structures in the Early Christian world, which will certainly stimulate further debate.
Author |
: Carolyn Osiek |
Publisher |
: Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 1997-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0664255469 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780664255466 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Families in the New Testament World by : Carolyn Osiek
What was the family like for the first Christians? Informed by archaeological work and illustrated by figures, this work is a remarkable window into the past, one that both informs and illuminates our current condition. The Family, Culture, and Religion series offers informed and responsible analyses of the state of the American family from a religious perspective and provides practical assistance for the family's revitalization.
Author |
: John M. G. Barclay |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 318 |
Release |
: 1996-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521462853 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521462851 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Early Christian Thought in Its Jewish Context by : John M. G. Barclay
Examines the continuity between early Christianity and Judaism - the focus of much controversy.
Author |
: Joseph H. Hellerman |
Publisher |
: B&H Publishing Group |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780805447798 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0805447792 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis When the Church was a Family by : Joseph H. Hellerman
A study of the early Christian church in the Mediterranean region and its emphasis on collective good over individual desire clarifies much about what is wrong with the American church today.
Author |
: Mark Harding |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 392 |
Release |
: 2010-07-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780567260949 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0567260941 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context by : Mark Harding
Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context fills a vacuum in current scholarship. While there exist a number of anthologies of sources for students of the New Testament and early Judaism, this book integrates concise explanatory comment on various aspects of the historical and social situation of the early Christians with substantial extracts from early Christian, early Jewish, and Graeco-Roman sources.
Author |
: Jan Willem van Henten |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2012-11-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004242159 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004242155 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts by : Jan Willem van Henten
Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts focuses upon the nexus of early Christian Ethics and its contexts as a dynamic process. The ongoing interaction with Jewish, Greco-Roman or early Christian traditions as well as with the social-historical context at large continuously transformed early Christian ethics. The volume proposes a dynamic model for studying culture and its various expressions in a society composed of several ethnic and religious groups. The contributions focus on specific transformations of ethics in key documents of early Christianity, or take a more comparative perspective pointing to similar developments and overlaps as well as particularities within early Christian writings, Hellenistic-Jewish writings, Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish inscriptions.
Author |
: Richard S. Hess |
Publisher |
: Baker Academic |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2003-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780801026287 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0801026288 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Family in the Bible by : Richard S. Hess
A team of scholars offers keen insights into family customs and culture in the Bible, providing a vision for family life today.
Author |
: Philip F. Esler |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 1369 |
Release |
: 2002-09-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134549191 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134549199 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Early Christian World by : Philip F. Esler
Early Christian World presents an exhaustive, erudite and lavishly illustrated treatment of how the small movement which formed around Jesus in Galilee became the pre-eminent religion of the ancient world. The work begins by firmly situating early Christianity within its Mediterranean social, political and religious contexts, before charting the history of the first Christian centuries. The creation and perpetuation of Christian communities through various means, including mission and monasticism, is explored, as is the everyday experience of early Christians, through discussion of gender and sexuality, religious practice, communication and social structures. The intellectual (particularly theological) and artistic heritage of the period is fully considered, and a vivid picture painted of the internal and external challenges faced by early Christianity. The book concludes with profiles of the most notable figures of the age. Comprehensive and accessible, Early Christian World provides up-to-date coverage of the most important topics in the study of early Christianity, together with an invaluable collection of visual material. It will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying this period
Author |
: Margaret Y. MacDonald |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 148130223X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781481302234 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Power of Children by : Margaret Y. MacDonald
The Power of Children examines Christian teaching about children in the context of family life in the Roman world. Specifically, author Margaret Y. MacDonald measures the impact of the New Testament's household codes (Colossians 3:18-4:1; Ephesians 5:21-6:9; the Pastoral letters) for understanding the status and role of children in Christian homes and assemblies. By allowing children to frame her analysis, MacDonald demonstrates that the rigid social divisions of the period (wives-husbands, children-parents, slaves-masters) were far more complex and overlapping within the Christian context--highlighting the way in which Christian families challenged the prevailing imperial ideology. From curbing sexual abuse to the practice of pseudo-parenting and the teaching roles of both men and women in the family, MacDonald documents the development of an early Christian perspective that valued children as members in the household of God.