| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 444 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter Introduction / Leif E. Vaage -- chapter PartOne -- chapter 1 Asceticism and the Gospel of Matthew / Anthony J. Saldarini -- chapter 2 Asceticism and Mark's Gospel / Mary Ann Tolbert -- chapter 3 Askesis and the Early Jesus Tradition / Stephen J. Patterson -- chapter 4 Beloved Physician of the Soul? Luke as Advocate for Ascetic Practice / Susan R. Garrett -- chapter 5 "Full of Spirit and Wisdom": Luke's Portrait of Stephen (Acts 6:1-8:1a) as a Man of Self-Mastery / Abraham Smith -- chapter 6 Children of the Resurrection: Perspectives on Angelic Asceticism in Luke-Acts / Turid Karlsen Seim -- chapter 7 Asceticism and the Gospel of John / David Rensberger -- chapter 8 Making Sense of Difference: Asceticism, Gospel Literature, and the Jesus Tradition / John S. Kloppenborg -- chapter PartTwo -- chapter 9 God's Will at Thessalonica and Greco-Roman Asceticism / Ronald F. Hock -- chapter 10 Disciplines of Difference: Asceticism and History in Paul / Elizabeth A. Castelli -- chapter 11 Paul the Prisoner: Political Asceticism in the Letter to the Philippians / Robin Scroggs -- chapter 12 The Letter to Philemon and Asceticism / Robin Scroggs -- chapter 13 Competing Ascetic Subjectivities in the Letter to the Galatians / Richard Valantasis -- chapter 14 Asceticism among the "Weak" and "Strong" in Romans 14-15 / Neil Elliott -- chapter PartThree -- chapter 2 Thessalonians and the Discipline of Work / Jennifer Wright Knust -- chapter Citizens of Heaven and Earth: Asceticism and Social Integration in Colossians and Ephesians / Margaret Y. MacDonald -- chapter Askesis and Resistance in the Pastoral Letters / Gail Corrington Streete -- chapter Where is "This World" Headed? Irony, World Renunciation, and the Pauline Corpus / Will Love -- chapter PartFour -- chapter The Virtue of Suffering, the Necessity of Discipline, and the Pursuit of Perfection in Hebrews / Pamela Eisenbaum -- chapter An Asceticism of Resistance in James / Alicia Batten -- chapter Asceticism or Household Morality? 1 and 2 Peter and Jude / L. Wm. Countryman -- chapter Asceticism in the Johannine Letters? / L. Wm. Countryman -- chapter The Ascetic Way: Reflections on Peace, Justice, and Vengeance in the Apocalype of John / William Klassen -- chapter Imperial Asceticism: Discipline of Domination / Alison Keith -- chapter Epilogue The New Testament in Asceticism / Leif E. Vaage |
| Summary |
Annotation This book is both comprehensive and comparative in its representation of how the question of asceticism might reorder the way in which we interpret the New Testament |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Congresses
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Bible. New Testament fast |
| Subject |
Asceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Congresses
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Spiritual Growth.
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Discipleship.
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Asceticism -- Early church
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vaage, Leif E
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Wimbush, Vincent L
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| LC no. |
98051082 |
| ISBN |
0203904303 |
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9780203904305 |
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9780415921954 |
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0415921953 |
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9780415921961 |
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0415921961 |
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1135962243 |
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9781135962241 |
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1280407344 |
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9781280407345 |
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1135962235 |
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9781135962234 |
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