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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806968303321

Autore

Mathews S. H. <1977->

Titolo

Christian fasting : biblical and evangelical perspectives / / S. H. Mathews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0754-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Disciplina

248.4/7

Soggetti

Fasting - Religious aspects - Christianity

Fasting - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An anthropologist reads the New Testament -- Fasting in the Old Testament and ancient Mediterranean world introduction -- Fasting in the New Testament: a social-scientific view of fasting in the first-century Mediterranean world -- Fasting in evangelical Christianity -- Evangelicalism and the New Testament in dialogue.