Understanding the Social World of the New Testament by Dietmar Neufeld

  
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. This item is in the category "Books, Comics & Magazines\Books".

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1. EAN: 9780415775816
2. UPC: 9780415775816
3. ISBN: 9780415775816
4. Recommended Age Range: 12+ years
5. Publication Year: 2009
6. Format: Hardcover
7. Language: English
8. Book Title: Understanding the Social World of the New Testament
9. Item Height: 234mm
10. Author: Dietmar Neufeld, Richard E.

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11. Publisher: Taylor & Francis
12. Topic: Religious History, Christianity
13. Item Width: 156mm
14. Item Weight: 612g
15. Number of Pages: 304 Pages