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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.8/3585/09015
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Rome Religion; Rome Social conditions
• Altri autori: MoxnesHalvor
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Constructing early Christian families
• ISBN: 1-134-75743-3; 1-134-75744-1; 1-280-31996-8; 0-203-44049-8; 0-203-28059-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783652203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II