Early Christian Families In Context

Author : David L. Balch,Carolyn Osiek
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 080283986X

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Early Christian Families in Context by David L. Balch,Carolyn Osiek Pdf

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
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134757435

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Constructing Early Christian Families by Halvor Moxnes Pdf

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,David L. Balch
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255469

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Families in the New Testament World by Carolyn Osiek,David L. Balch Pdf

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 : Halvor Moxnes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134757442

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Constructing Early Christian Families by Halvor Moxnes Pdf

Constructing Early Christian Families explores the complex picture of family relations and the manifold attitudes to the family in the early Christian world.

Author : Margaret Y. MacDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1481302256

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The Power of Children by Margaret Y. MacDonald Pdf

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.

Author : Richard S. Hess,M. Daniel Carroll R.
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801026287

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Family in the Bible by Richard S. Hess,M. Daniel Carroll R. Pdf

A team of scholars offers keen insights into family customs and culture in the Bible, providing a vision for family life today.

Author : Marianne Bjelland Kartzow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351241595

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The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse by Marianne Bjelland Kartzow Pdf

The Slave Metaphor and Gendered Enslavement in Early Christian Discourse adds new knowledge to the ongoing discussion of slavery in early Christian discourse. Kartzow argues that the complex tension between metaphor and social reality in early Christian discourse is undertheorized. A metaphor can be so much more than an innocent thought figure; it involves bodies, relationships, life stories, and memory in complex ways. The slavery metaphor is troubling since it makes theology of a social institution that is profoundly troubling. This study rethinks the potential meaning of the slavery metaphor in early Christian discourse by use of a variety of texts, read with a whole set of theoretical tools taken from metaphor theory and intersectional gender studies, in particular. It also takes seriously the contemporary context of modern slavery, where slavery has re-appeared as a term to name trafficking, gendered violence, and inhuman power systems.

Author : Philip F. Esler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1369 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134549191

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The Early Christian World by Philip F. Esler Pdf

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 M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0521812399

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Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine by Margaret M. Mitchell,Frances M. Young,K. Scott Bowie Pdf

Author : Philip Halstead,John Tucker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978711440

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Sports and Play in Christian Theology by Philip Halstead,John Tucker Pdf

Sport is a major preoccupation of the modern world. It consumes the time and energies of millions of people around the globe. In fact, for many participants, it operates much like a functional equivalent of religion, giving them a way to interpret and understand the world. Sports stadiums are the cathedrals of our time. Sports stars are the saints or demi-gods through whom we access the transcendent. Members of the sports media serve as religious scribes, and sports fans are the worshiping faithful. What is true of sport is also true, more generally, of play. Nevertheless, and quite remarkably, Christian theologians and religious historians have been surprisingly slow to recognize the spiritual and cultural significance of sport and play, or to engage in the study of these concepts. This book attempts to redress that neglect by integrating sport and play with Christian faith and practice. In Sports and Play in Christian Theology, ten Christian scholars and practitioners explore sport and play from theological, biblical, historical, and pastoral perspectives. This rich collection of wide-ranging reflections and focused case studies will help readers locate sport and play within Christian faith and practice.

Author : Lynn Cohick
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801031724

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Women in the World of the Earliest Christians by Lynn Cohick Pdf

Draws on first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents to examine the lives and experiences of the earliest Christian women.

Author : Luke Lavan,Lale Özgenel,Alexander Sarantis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047423270

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Housing in Late Antiquity - Volume 3.2 by Luke Lavan,Lale Özgenel,Alexander Sarantis Pdf

This collection of papers, arising from the conference series Late Antique Archaeology, examines the housing in the late antique period, through thematic and regional syntheses, complemented by cases studies and two bibliographic essays.

Author : Eunyung Lim
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110695076

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Entering God’s Kingdom (Not) Like A Little Child by Eunyung Lim Pdf

What does it mean to be “like a child” in antiquity? How did early Christ-followers use a childlike condition to articulate concrete qualifications for God’s kingdom? Many people today romanticize Jesus’s welcoming of little children against the backdrop of the ancient world or project modern Christian conceptions of children onto biblical texts. Eschewing such a Christian exceptionalist approach to history, this book explores how the Gospel of Matthew, 1 Corinthians, and the Gospel of Thomas each associate childlikeness with God’s kingdom within their socio-cultural milieus. The book investigates these three texts vis-à-vis philosophical, historical, and archaeological materials concerning ancient children and childhood, revealing that early Christ-followers deployed various aspects of children to envision ideal human qualities or bodily forms. Calling the modern reader’s attention to children’s intellectual incapability, asexuality, and socio-political utility in ancient intellectual thought and everyday practices, the book sheds new light on the rich and diverse theological visions that early Christ-followers pursued by means of images of children.

Author : Joseph H. Hellerman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780805447798

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When the Church was a Family by Joseph H. Hellerman Pdf

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 : Jostein Ådna
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161485610

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The Formation of the Early Church by Jostein Ådna Pdf

Essays presented are adapted papers read at the 7th Nordic New Testament Conference in Stavanger, Norway, June 14-18, 2003.