Early Christian Families In Context

Author : David L. Balch
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802839862
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Christian Families in Context written by David L. Balch and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 1134757433
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constructing Early Christian Families written by Halvor Moxnes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664255466
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Families in the New Testament World written by Carolyn Osiek and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 1134757441
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Constructing Early Christian Families written by Halvor Moxnes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructing Early Christian Families explores the complex picture of family relations and the manifold attitudes to the family in the early Christian world.

Author : Philip F. Esler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134549199
Total Pages : 1369 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Christian World written by Philip F. Esler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 1369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Joseph H. Hellerman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0805447792
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When the Church was a Family written by Joseph H. Hellerman and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Margaret Y. MacDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781481302234
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Children written by Margaret Y. MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Catherine Michael Chin
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520379217
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Melania written by Catherine Michael Chin and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity. This volume examines their influence on late antique Christianity and provides an insightful portrait of their legacies in the modern world. Departing from the traditionally patriarchal view, Melania gives a poignant and sometimes surprising account of how the rise of Christian institutions in the Roman Empire shaped our understanding of women’s roles in the larger world.

Author : Jan Willem van Henten
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004242155
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts written by Jan Willem van Henten and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Christian Ethics in Interaction with Jewish and Greco-Roman Contexts focuses upon the nexus of early Christian Ethics and its contexts as a dynamic process. The ongoing interaction with Jewish, Greco-Roman or early Christian traditions as well as with the social-historical context at large continuously transformed early Christian ethics. The volume proposes a dynamic model for studying culture and its various expressions in a society composed of several ethnic and religious groups. The contributions focus on specific transformations of ethics in key documents of early Christianity, or take a more comparative perspective pointing to similar developments and overlaps as well as particularities within early Christian writings, Hellenistic-Jewish writings, Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish inscriptions.

Author : Richard S. Hess
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 0801026288
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family in the Bible written by Richard S. Hess and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of scholars offers keen insights into family customs and culture in the Bible, providing a vision for family life today.