Constructing Early Christian Families: Family as Social Reality and Metaphor

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Preface xiii
• Abbreviations xv
• 1 - Introduction 1
• Part I - The Social Context of Early Christian Families 11
• 2 - What is Family? 13
• Bibliography 39
• 3 - The Family in First-Century Galilee 42
• 4 - The Family as the Bearer of Religion in Judaism and Early Christianity 66
• 5 - The Relativisation of Family Ties in the Jewish and Graeco-Roman Traditions 81
• Bibliography 100
• Part II - Family as Metaphor 101
• 6 - The Roman Family: Ideal and Metaphor 103
• 7 - Family Imagery and Christian Identity in Gal 5:13 to 6:10 121
• 8 - Equality Within Patriarchal Structures 150
• 9 - Brotherhood in Plutarch and Paul: Its Role and Character 166
• 10 - Brotherhood in Christ 183
• Part III - Family, Sexuality and Asceticism in Early Christianity 199
• 11 - Paul Without Passion 201
• Bibliography 215
• 12 - Asceticism and Anti-Familial Language in the Gospel of Thomas 216
• Bibliography 231
• 13 - Family Structures in Gnostic Religion 235
• Notes 248
• Index of Ancient Sources 250
• Index of Modern Authors 262

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