Family Matters : A Socio-Historical Study of Kinship Metaphors in 1 Thessalonians,9780826466594

Family Matters : A Socio-Historical Study of Kinship Metaphors in 1 Thessalonians

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Edition: Supplement
ISBN13: 9780826466594
ISBN10: 0826466591
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury USA Academic
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations ix
Acknowledgments xii
Part I ISSUES AND APPROACHES
Chapter 1 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT
2(34)
1. Introduction
2(6)
2. Survey of Previous Research
8(10)
3. Metaphor and Meaning
18(10)
4. Methodology Adopted in this Research
28(8)
Part II PRIMARY SOURCE EVIDENCE
Chapter 2 PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: JEWISH EVIDENCE
36(24)
1. Introduction: Philo, Pseudo-Phocylides and Josephus
36(6)
2. Parents' Responsibilities towards their Children
42(10)
3. Children's responsibilities towards their parents
52(6)
4. Summary
58(2)
Chapter 3 PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: NON-JEWISH EVIDENCE
60(37)
1. Introduction
60(1)
2. Aristotle
61(7)
3. Plutarch
68(10)
4. The stoics: Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Epictetus and Hierocles
78(19)
5. Summary 93
6. Overall Conclusion to Chapters 2 and 3 95
Chapter 4 BROTHERLY RELATIONS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
97(33)
1. Introduction
97(1)
2. Non-Jewish Evidence
98(19)
3. Jewish Evidence
117(9)
4. Overall Conclusion
126(4)
Part III PAUL AND THE THESSALONIANS
Chapter 5 THE APOSTLE PAUL AS PARENT
130(33)
1. Introduction
130(1)
2. Paul as Father (1 Thessalonians 2.10-12)
131(20)
3. Paul as Nursing-Mother (1 Thessalonians 2.7)
151(3)
4. Paul as Infant (1 Thessalonians 2.7)
154(3)
5. Paul as Orphan (1 Thessalonians 2.17)
157(3)
6. Summary
160(3)
Chapter 6 PAUL AND THE THESSALONIAN BROTHERHOOD
163(13)
1. Introduction
163(2)
2. Usage, Characteristics and Function of the Term &alpha,&delta,&epsilon,&lambda,&phi,ó &zeta, in 1 Thessalonians
165(11)
Chapter 7 BROTHERHOOD, MORALITY AND OUTSIDERS (1 THESSALONIANS 4.3-8)
176(27)
1. Introduction and Context
176(3)
2. Brotherhood, Boundaries and the Sanctified Life
179(14)
3. 'Take your own Wife...' (vv. 3-5) 185
4. Scenario No. 1: '...and Do Not Take Another Brother's Wife' (vv. 6-8)
193(3)
5. Scenario No. 2: '...and Do Not Defraud your Brother in Business' (vv. 6-8)
196(4)
6. Summary
200(3)
Chapter 8 &phi, &iota,&lambda,&alpha, &delta,&epsilon,&lambda,&phi,&iota,&alpha, FAMILY HONOUR AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARNING YOUR OWN 'BREAD' (1 THEssALONIANS 4.9-12)
203(22)
1. Introduction
203(3)
2. &phi, &iota,&lambda,&alpha, &delta,&epsilon,&lambda,&phi,&iota,&alpha,with Respect to Insiders
206(1)
3. &phi, &iota,&lambda,&alpha, &delta,&epsilon,&lambda,&phi,&iota,&alpha, with Respect to Outsiders
207(1)
4. &phi, &iota,&lambda,&alpha, &delta,&epsilon,&lambda,&phi,&iota,&alpha, as a Divine Instruction
208(2)
5. A Love for Brothers in Other Locations
210(10)
6. &phi, &iota,&lambda,&alpha, &delta,&epsilon,&lambda,&phi,&iota,&alpha, Manifested in a Practical Work Ethic 213
7. Brotherhood and Gaining the Respect of o&oita,&epsilon,&xi,&omega,
220(5)
8. Summary 223
Chapter 9 ORDER IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE BROTHERHOOD (1 THESSALONIANS 5.12-15)
225(25)
1. Introduction
225(3)
2. Internal Conflicts Facing the Brotherhood
228(1)
3. External Conflicts Facing the Brotherhood
229(1)
4. Brotherly Relations-Patriarchal or Non-Patriarchal?
230(5)
5. 'Acknowledge those Brothers Who Work Hard among You...'
235(1)
6. '...Who Rule over You and Admonish You' (v. 12b)
236(3)
7. 'Highly Respect those Brothers Who Rule over You' (v. 13)
239(2)
8. Ruling Brothers-'Admonish the &alpha,&tau,&alpha,&kappa,&tau,&omicron,&iota, (v. 14)
241(3)
9. 'Do Not Pay Back &kappa,&alpha,&kappa,ò&nu,&alpha,nu,&tau,&iota, &kappa,&alpha,&kappa,&omircron,&upsilon
244(3)
10. Summary
247(3)
Conclusions 250(7)
Bibliography 257(17)
Index of References 274(10)
Index of Authors 284

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