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9780415775823

Understanding the Social World of the New Testament

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415775823

  • ISBN10:

    0415775825

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2009-11-25
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

The New Testament is a book of great significance in Western culture yet is often inaccessible to students because the modern world differs so significantly from the ancient Mediterranean one in which it was written. It is imperative to develop a cross-cultural understanding of the values of the ancient Mediterranean society from which the New Testament arose in order to fully appreciate the documents and the communities that they represent.Dietmar Neufeld and Richard E. DeMaris bring together biblical scholars with expertise in the social sciences to develop interpretative models for understanding such values as collectivism, kinship, memory, ethnicity, and honour, and to demonstrate how to apply these models to the New Testament texts. Kinship is illuminated by analysis of the Holy Family as well as to early Christian organisations; gender through a study of Paul's view of women; and landscape and spatiality through a discussion of Jesus of Nazareth. This book is the ideal companion to study of the New Testament.

Author Biography

Dietmar Neufeld is Associate Professor of Christian Origins in the Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Richard E. DeMaris is Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University, USA. His publications include The New Testament in its Ritual World (Routledge, 2008) and he is on the editorial advisory board of Religious Studies Review.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. vii
List of Contributorsp. viii
Prefacep. xii
Abbreviationsp. xiv
Introductionp. 1
Identityp. 15
Collectivism in Mediterranean Culturep. 17
Kinship and Family in the New Testament Worldp. 29
Constructions of Gender in the Roman Imperial Worldp. 44
Memory Theory: Cultural and Cognitive Approaches to the Gospel Traditionp. 57
Ethnicity and Paul's Letter to the Romansp. 68
Landscape and Spatiallty: Placing Jesusp. 90
Interaction and Social Engagementp. 107
Honor: Core Value in the Biblical Worldp. 109
Altered States of Consciousness: Visions, Spirit Possession, Sky Journeysp. 126
Jesus's Healing Activity: Political Acts?p. 147
Social Stratification and Patronage in Ancient Mediterranean Societiesp. 156
Brokerage: Jesus as Social Entrepreneurp. 167
Urban Structure and Patronage: Christ Followers in Corinthp. 178
Ancient Economy and the New Testamentp. 194
Purity, Dirt, Anomalies, and Abominationsp. 207
Ritual and Christian Originsp. 220
Glossaryp. 233
Bibliographyp. 240
Index of Ancient Sourcesp. 269
Index of Modern Authorsp. 277
Index of Subjectsp. 283
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