1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780082503321

Autore

Barton Carlin A. <1948->

Titolo

Roman honor [[electronic resource] ] : the fire in the bones / / Carlin A. Barton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001

ISBN

0-520-40434-3

0-520-92564-5

1-59734-875-9

Edizione

[Reprint 2020]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

870.9/353

Soggetti

Latin literature - History and criticism

Honor in literature

National characteristics, Roman

Honor - Rome - History

Rome Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-316) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART 1 THE MOMENT OF TRUTH IN ANCIENT ROME: HONOR AND EMBODIMENT IN A CONTEST CULTURE; PART 2 CONFESSION AND THE ROMAN SOUL; PART 3 ON THE WIRE: THE EXPERIENCE OF SHAME IN ANCIENT ROME; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an attempt to coax Roman history closer to the bone, to the breath and matter of the living being. Drawing from a remarkable array of ancient and modern sources, Carlin Barton offers the most complex understanding to date of the emotional and spiritual life of the ancient Romans.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789781603321

Autore

May Alistair Scott

Titolo

The body for the Lord [[electronic resource] ] : sex and identity in 1 Corinthians 5-7 / / Alistair Scott May

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2004

ISBN

1-283-19225-X

9786613192257

0-567-05427-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 278

Library of New Testament studies

Disciplina

227.2

Soggetti

Sex in the Bible

Marriage - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of author's thesis (Ph.D)--University of Glasgow, 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 IDENTITY IN THEORY; Chapter 2 SEX AND SELF-DEFINITION AMONG THE ROMAN ELITE (A CASE STUDY); Chapter 3 SOCIAL DYNAMICS AND RHETORIC IN 1 CORINTHIANS; Chapter 4 PUTTING THE πÓρνΟι  IN THEIR PLACE (5.1-13); Chapter 5 LAWSUITS BEFORE THE αδ́ιkΟι (6.1-11); Chapter 6 THE πÓρvη AND THE πoρvεíα (6.12-20); Chapter 7 READING 1 CORINTHIANS 7; Chapter 8 MARRIAGE, RENUNCIATION AND SOCIAL CONTEXT; Chapter 9 REREADING 1 CORINTHIANS 7; CONCLUSION: THE BODY FOR THE LORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index of References

Index of Modern Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Alistair May explores the part played by sexual ethics and the rhetoric of sexual morality in the formation of Christian identity by focusing on the longest discussion of sex in the New Testament - 1Corinthians 5-7. Viewing this passage as a unified discourse, he considers how Paul's ethics serve to give his converts a distinct identity. Although tools from the social sciences are used, the major focus of the work is in careful exegesis of the text. As the study progresses through the text of 1Corinthians 5-7, May argues that Paul strives to maintain an absolute



distinction between insider and