Understanding the Social World of the New Testament

Understanding the Social World of the New Testament
Author: Dietmar Neufeld
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2009-10-29
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 1135263019

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. Here, the authors develop interpretative models for understanding such values as collectivism and kinship.

Papyri and the Social World of the New Testament

Papyri and the Social World of the New Testament
Author: Sabine R. Huebner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2019-07-11
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 1108470254

Explores the socio-economic background of people in the New Testament using papyrological evidence from Roman Egypt.

Understanding the Social World of the New Testament

Understanding the Social World of the New Testament
Author: Dietmar Neufeld
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2009-10-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1135263000

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.

The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels

The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels
Author: Bruce J. Malina
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134757646

In order to interpret historical writings, the reader must not employ their modern understanding of the world, but must strive to grasp the mindset of the original audience. To assist the twentieth-century New Testament reader in understanding the literal meaning of the New Testament is the goal of this collection of essays. The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels provides the reader with a set of possible scenarios for reading the New Testament: How did first-century persons think about themselves and others? Did they think Jesus was a charismatic leader? Why did they call God 'father'? Were they concerned with their gender roles? The eight essays in this collection were previously published in books and journals generally not available to many readers. Carefully selected and edited, this collection will be both an introduction and an invaluable source of reference to Bruce Malina's thought.

The World of the New Testament

The World of the New Testament
Author: Joel B. Green
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 766
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441240543

This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of distinguished specialists to introduce the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman backgrounds necessary for understanding the New Testament and the early church. Contributors include renowned scholars such as Lynn H. Cohick, David A. deSilva, James D. G. Dunn, and Ben Witherington III. The book includes seventy-five photographs, fifteen maps, numerous tables and charts, illustrations, and bibliographies. All students of the New Testament will value this reliable, up-to-date, comprehensive textbook and reference volume on the New Testament world.

Social World of the New Testament, The

Social World of the New Testament, The
Author: Jerome H. Neyrey
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780801047367

The Social World of the New Testament: Insights and Models surveys essential contributions made by leading scholars of the social-scientific approach to New Testament studies. Including important essays by Bruce J. Malina and John J. Pilch, among others, this book acts as a comprehensive collection of the most important essays and articles in the field. Included are topics vital to the social scientific interpretation of the New Testament, organized under three headings: INSTITUTIONS • Kinship: All in the Family: Kinship in Agrarian Roman Palestine--K. C. Hanson • The Patron-Client Institution: God in the Letter of James: Patron or Benefactor?--Alicia Batten • Economics: Jesus and Agrarian Palestine: The Factor of Debt--Douglas E. Oakman CULTURE • Honor and Shame: Loss of Wealth, Loss of Family, Loss of Honor: The Cultural Context of the Original Makarisms in Q--Jerome H. Neyrey, SJ • Purity: The Epistle of James in Rhetorical and Social-Scientific Perspective: Holiness-Wholeness and Patterns of Replication-- John H. Elliott • Social Location: Was Jesus a Peasant: Implications for Reading the Jesus Tradition (Luke 10:30-35)--Douglas E. Oakman • Social Location: The Social Location of the Markan Audience--Richard L. Rohrbaugh • Gender: Who Should Be Called "Father"? Paul of Tarsus between the Jesus Tradition and Patria Potestas--S. Scott Bartchy • Space: "Teaching You in Public and from House to House" (Acts 20:20): Unpacking a Cultural Stereotype--Jerome H. Neyrey, SJ • Healing: Healing in Luke-Acts--John J. Pilch • Evil Eye: Paul, Galatians, and the Evil Eye-- John H. Elliott • Limited Good: "He Must Increase, I Must Decrease"(John 3:30): A Cultural and Social Interpretation--Richard L. Rohrbaugh and Jerome H. Neyrey MODAL PERSONALITY • Modal Personality: Ancient Mediterranean Persons in Cultural Perspective: Portrait of Paul--Jerome H. Neyrey, SJ and Bruce J. Malina

The Cultural World of the Bible

The Cultural World of the Bible
Author: Victor H. Matthews
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 144122825X

In this new edition of a successful book (over 120,000 copies sold), now updated throughout, a leading expert on the social world of the Bible offers students a reliable guide to the manners and customs of the ancient world. From what people wore, ate, and built to how they exercised justice, mourned, and viewed family and legal customs, this illustrated introduction helps readers gain valuable cultural background on the biblical world. The attractive, full-color, user-friendly design will appeal to students, while numerous pedagogical features--including fifty photos, sidebars, callouts, maps, charts, a glossary of key terms, chapter outlines, and discussion questions--increase classroom utility. Previously published as Manners and Customs in the Bible.

The New Testament in Its World Workbook

The New Testament in Its World Workbook
Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310528720

This workbook accompanies The New Testament in Its World by N. T. Wright and Michael F. Bird. Following the textbook's structure, it offers assessment questions, exercises, and activities designed to support the students' learning experience. Reinforcing the teaching in the textbook, this workbook will not only help to enhance their understanding of the New Testament books as historical, literary, and social phenomena located in the world of early Christianity, but also guide them to think like a first-century believer while reading the text responsibly for today.

Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World

Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World
Author: Warren Carter
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441240756

This useful, concise introduction to the worlds around the New Testament focuses on seven key moments in the centuries before and after Jesus. It enlightens readers about the beginnings of the Christian movement, showing how religious, political, and economic factors were interwoven in the fabric of the New Testament world. Leading New Testament scholar Warren Carter has a record of providing student-friendly texts. This introduction offers a "big picture" focus and is logically and memorably organized around seven events, which Carter uses as launching pads to discuss larger cultural dynamics and sociohistorical realities that were in some way significant for followers of Jesus and the New Testament. Photos and maps are included.

New Testament Times

New Testament Times
Author: Merrill C. Tenney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780801012655

The correct and full interpretation of Scripture often depends on having an understanding of the culture in which the writers of the Bible lived. Tenney explores the political, social, and cultural forces of the first-century world in full color with photographs, maps, and drawings.