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Order and (dis)order in the first Christian century : a general survey of attitudes /

Articulate first century Mediterranean society, Jewish and Christian included, expressly favoured harmonious order in society, in individuals, in communication, and in thought. Its common basis was the patriarchal family, the rule of law, rational self-control, and rational thought. Yet there was al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Downing, F. Gerald, 1935-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.
Colección:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 151.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Let everything be done decently and in order ([euschēmonōs kai kata taxin])" (1Cor 14.40) : unity, order and problems of diversity : A. Greeks, Romans, Jews
  • "Let everything be done decently and in order ([euschēmonōs kai kata taxin])" (1 Cor 14.40) : unity, order and problems of diversity : B. The New Testament authors
  • Order within : passions, divine and human : A. In the wider Graeco-Roman world
  • Order within : passions, divine and human : B. Among late Second Temple Jews and the first Christians
  • Order in composition: "[kathexēs soi grapsai]" (Luke 1.3)
  • Order in thought : ambiguity, ancient semantics, and faith
  • "All things to all people", "[tois pasin panta]" (1Cor 9.22) : (dis)order in thought : free-range reflections to engage Dio of Prusa's and Paul's implied audiences
  • Legislation as social engineering in the New Testament world
  • "What, then, of the law?", "[ti oun ho nomos;]" Gal. 3.19 : appraisals of law in Paul and other New Testament writers, and in the wider Graeco-Roman world
  • Justification as acquittal? A critical examination of judicial parlance in Paul's world
  • Disorderly court procedure : Pliny's prosecutions of Christians
  • The Baptist's new order
  • Dissident Jesus
  • Disorderly Paul.