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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818728703321

Titolo

Constructing early Christian families : family as social reality and metaphor / / edited by Halvor Moxnes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997

ISBN

1-134-75743-3

1-134-75744-1

1-280-31996-8

0-203-44049-8

0-203-28059-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MoxnesHalvor

Disciplina

261.8/3585/09015

Soggetti

Families - Biblical teaching

Sociology, Biblical

Families - Rome

Jewish families - Religious life

Families - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600

Religion and sociology - Rome

Rome Religion

Rome Social conditions

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS FAMILY? PROBLEMS IN CONSTRUCTING EARLY CHRISTIAN FAMILIES; THE FAMILY IN FIRST-CENTURY GALILEE; THE FAMILY AS THE BEARER OF RELIGION IN JUDAISM AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY; THE RELATIVISATION OF FAMILY TIES IN THE JEWISH AND GRAECO-ROMAN TRADITIONS; THE ROMAN FAMILY: IDEAL AND METAPHOR; FAMILY IMAGERY AND CHRISTIAN IDENTITY IN GAL 5:13 TO 6:10

EQUALITY WITHIN PATRIARCHAL STRUCTURES: SOME NEW TESTAMENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AS A BROTHER-OR



SISTERHOOD AND A FAMILYBROTHERHOOD IN PLUTARCH AND PAUL: ITS ROLE AND CHARACTER; BROTHERHOOD IN CHRIST: A GENDER HERMENEUTICAL READING OF 1 THESSALONIANS; PAUL WITHOUT PASSION: ON PAUL'S REJECTION OF DESIRE IN SEX AND MARRIAGE; ASCETICISM AND ANTI-FAMILIAL LANGUAGE IN THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS; FAMILY STRUCTURES IN GNOSTIC RELIGION; Index of ancient sources; Index of modern authors

Sommario/riassunto

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