Putting Jesus in His Place

by Moxnes, Halvor

• ISBN13: 9780664223106
• ISBN10: 0664223109
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This is a study of the Historical Jesus that pays close attention to the role of space and place, from house to kingdom, for understanding Jesus' identity. Halvor Moxnes employs a sociological and anthropological approach that promises to give greater depth to our perceptions of Jesus.

Author Biography

Halvor Moxnes is Professor of New Testament, University of Oslo.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Chapter 1 What Is in a Place?	1	(21)
Placing the Book	2	(4)
Time, Place, and Historical Jesus Studies	6	(6)
What Is in a Place?	12	(5)
Placing Jesus in the Gospels and in Galilee	17	(3)
Outline of This Study	20	(2)
Chapter 2 Home Is the Beginning of Place: Jesus in the Context of House and Household	22	(24)
Jesus-Man without Family?	23	(2)
Home and the Modern Individual	25	(3)
What Is Family?	28	(1)
Jesus in a Household	29	(3)
Jesus in "Ideal Domestic Space The Cultural Construction of Families in the Infancy Narratives	32	(6)
Galilean Houses and the Shape of Domestic Space	38	(5)
House and Household in the Jesus Tradition	43	(3)
Chapter 3 Leaving Place: Farewell to Household	46	(26)
Jesus in No-Place	49	(4)
Called into Not-Yet Places	53	(6)
Entering a New Household	59	(5)
The Place of the Interpreter	64	(3)
Jesus and the Challenge of Dislocation	67	(5)
Chapter 4 Leaving Male Space: Eunuchs in the Jesus Movement	72	(19)
Unsettling a Male Space: Modern Interpretations of Matt. 19:12	74	(2)
Asceticism as Male Space	76	(2)
Eunuchs in Borderland	78	(2)
The Masculine Ascetic in Early Christian Writers	80	(4)
Jesus in Queer Space?	84	(7)
Chapter 5 Entering Queer Space	91	(17)
Children, Barren Women, and Angels in the Kingdom	92	(3)
Constructing a No-Man's Land	95	(6)
Eating out of Place	101	(3)
Where Is Queer Space?	104	(4)
Chapter 6 Kingdom Returns Home	108	(17)
Kingdom as Imagined Place	108	(5)
Kingdom Becomes Household	113	(8)
A Return of Male Space?	121	(2)
Conclusion	123	(2)
Chapter 7 The Power of Place: The Exorcist and His Kingdom	125	(17)
Shamanism and Control of the Land	127	(1)
Exorcisms and Accusations of Deviance	128	(2)
Exorcisms and the Kingdom of God	130	(1)
Q 11:15: The Challenge: Putting Jesus out of Place	131	(1)
Q 11:17-18: Jesus' First Riposte: Satan's Rule as Kingdom and Household	132	(2)
Q 11:19-20: Jesus' Second Riposte: Not Satan's but God's Kingdom	134	(2)
Possessions and Exorcisms in Jesus' Galilee	136	(2)
Conflict over Power: Jesus' Power from Below	138	(2)
Conclusion	140	(2)
Chapter 8 Jesus, Household, and Kingdom in Galilee	142	(16)
In the Shadow of the Galilean: Searching for Jesus in Galilee	143	(4)
Creating Places, Controlling Spaces in Galilee: Herod Antipas vs. Jesus	147	(1)
Herod Antipas and the Urbanization of Galilee	148	(3)
Jesus and Conflicts in Households and Villages	151	(3)
Jesus' Galilee: God's Household as Kingdom	154	(4)
Abbreviations	158	(2)
Notes	160	(35)
Bibliography	195	(13)
Index of Scripture and Ancient Sources	208	(6)
Index of Authors	214	(5)
Index of Subjects	219