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Understanding the Social World of the New Testament

by Dietmar Neufeld, Richard E. Demaris

  • Hardback
  • 304 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor& Francis Ltd
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

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The New Testament is a book of great significance in Western culture yet is often inaccessible to students because the modern world differs so significantly from the ancient Mediterranean one in which it was written. It is imperative to develop a cross-cultural understanding of the values of the ancient Mediterranean society from which the New Testament arose in order to fully appreciate the documents and the communities that they represent. Dietmar Neufeld and Richard E. DeMaris bring together biblical scholars with expertise in the social sciences to develop interpretative models for understanding such values as collectivism, kinship, memory, ethnicity, and honour, and to demonstrate how to apply these models to the New Testament texts. Kinship is illuminated by analysis of the Holy Family as well as to early Christian organisations; gender through a study of Paul's view of women; and landscape and spatiality through a discussion of Jesus of Nazareth. This book is the ideal companion to study of the New Testament.
Understanding the Social World of the New Testament and New Testament In Its Ritual World
New Testament In Its Ritual WorldUnderstanding the Social World of the New Testament

  • Authors

    Dietmar Neufeld +1

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Taylor& Francis Ltd

  • Published

    October 2009

  • Weight

    720g

  • Page Count

    304

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415775816

  • ISBN-10

    0415775817

  • Eden Code

    2427886

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