The Social World of the New Testament

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 PalestineK. C. Hanson• The PatronClient 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 QJerome 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 10:3035) 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 Stereo type Jerome H. Neyrey, S.J.• 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, S.J. an