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9780830815722

Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity

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    9780830815722

  • ISBN10:

    0830815724

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-11-01
  • Publisher: INGRAM
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Summary

Contemporary Western readers may find it surprising that honor and shame, patronage and reciprocity, kinship and family, and purity and pollution offer us keys to interpreting the New Testament. But as recent scholarship has proposed and as David deSilva demonstrates, paying attention to these cultural themes opens our eyes and ears to new discoveries and deeper understanding.Through our understanding of honor and shame in the Mediterranean world, we gain new appreciation of the way in which the personhood of early Christians connected with group values. By examining the protocols of patronage and reciprocity, we more firmly grasp the meaning of God's grace--and our response has fresh meaning. In exploring the ethos of kinship and household relations, we enlarge our perspective on the early Christian communities that met in houses and functioned as a new family or "household" of God. And by investigating the notions of purity and pollution along with their associated practices, we come to realize how the ancient "map" of society and the world was revised by the power of the gospel.DeSilva's work will reward you with a deeper appreciation of the New Testament, the gospel and Christian discipleship. More than that, it will also inform your participation in contemporary Christian community.

Author Biography

David A. deSilva is associate professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations 9(6)
Preface 15(2)
Introduction: Cultural Awareness & Reading Scripture 17(6)
Honor & Shame: Connecting Personhood to Group Values
23(20)
Honor & Shame in the New Testament
43(52)
Patronage & Reciprocity: The Social Context of Grace
95(26)
Patronage & Grace in the New Testament
121(36)
Kinship: Living as a Family in the First-Century World
157(42)
Kinship & the ``Household of God'' in the New Testament
199(42)
Purity & Pollution: Structuring the World Before a Holy God
241(38)
Purity & The New Testament
279(38)
Conclusion 317(10)
Bibliography 327(1)
Index of Ancient & Modern Authors 327(1)
Index of Subjects 328(1)
Index of Scripture Texts 329(7)
Index of Other Ancient Literature 336

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