Modelling Early Christianity: Social-Scientific Studies of the New Testament in its Context

by Esler,Philip; Esler,Philip

• ISBN13: 9780415129817
• ISBN10: 0415129818
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134792993
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-12-22
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Explores the fascinating and foreign social context of first century Palestine and the Greco-Roman East, in which the Chrstian faith was first proclaimed and the New Testament written, so enabling a better understanding of the texts.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
The World of First-Century Palestine	p. 21
Herodian Economics in Galilee	p. 23
The Transfiguration of Jesus	p. 47
The Evil Eye in the New Testament	p. 65
Early Christian Group Formation and Maintenance	p. 73
The Jewish Messianic Movement	p. 75
Early Christian Groups	p. 96
Deviance and Apostasy	p. 114
The Social Nature of Conversion in the Early Christian World	p. 128
Family and Honour in Matthew and Luke	p. 137
Loss of Wealth, Loss of Family and Loss of Honour	p. 139
The Matthean Brotherhood and Marginal Scribal Leadership	p. 159
Notes	p. 181
Legitimating Sonship- a Test of Honour	p. 183
Notes	p. 196
Women and Men at Hellenistic Symposia Meals in Luke	p. 198
Paul, Kinship and Ideology	p. 211
Managing the Household	p. 213
Notes	p. 223
The Development of Theological Ideology in Pauline Christianity	p. 224
Oppression, War and Peace	p. 237
God's Honour and Rome's Triumph	p. 239
The Language of Warfare in the New Testament	p. 259
Notes	p. 272
Social-Scientific Criticism and Literary Studies	p. 274
References	p. 290
Index of Ancient Sources	p. 322
Index of Modern Authors	p. 343
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