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Author Burke, Trevor J

Title Family matters : a socio-historical study of fictive kinship metaphors in 1 Thessalonians / Trevor J. Burke
Published London ; New York : T & T Clark International, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages)
Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 247
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 247.
Contents Chapter 8 [filadelfia] FAMILY HONOUR AND THE IMPORTANCE OFEARNING YOUR OWN ''BREAD'' (1 THESSALONIANS 4.9-12)Chapter 9 ORDER IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE BROTHERHOOD (1 THESSALONIANS 5.12-15); Conclusions; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Part I ISSUES AND APPROACHES; Chapter 1 BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT; Part II PRIMARY SOURCE EVIDENCE; Chapter 2 PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: JEWISH EVIDENCE; Chapter 3 PARENTS AND CHILDREN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: NON-JEWISH EVIDENCE; Chapter 4 BROTHERLY RELATIONS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD; Part III PAUL AND THE THESSALONIANS; Chapter 5 THE APOSTLE PAUL AS PARENT; Chapter 6 PAUL AND THE THESSALONIAN BROTHERHOOD; Chapter 7 BROTHERHOOD, MORALITY AND OUTSIDERS (1 THESSALONIANS 4.3-8)
Summary PaulGÇÖs first letter to the Thessalonians boasts a preponderance of fictive kinship terms (e.g. father, children, nursing mother, brother etc). In this book, Burke shows that Paul is drawing on the normal social expectations of family members in antiquity to regulate the affairs of the community. Family metaphors would have resonated immediately with PaulGÇÖs readers and the author surveys a broad range of ancient texts to identify stock meanings of the father-child and brother-brother relations. These stereotypical attitudes are explored to understand PaulGÇÖs paternal relations (2:10-12) wi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-273 and indexes
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SUBJECT Bible. Thessalonians, 1st -- Social scientific criticism
Bible. Thessalonians, 1st -- Language, style
Bible. Thessalonians, 1st fast
Subject Kinship in the Bible.
Metaphor in the Bible.
Kinship -- History
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
Language and languages -- Style
Social scientific criticism of sacred works
Kinship
Kinship in the Bible
Metaphor in the Bible
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567516688
0567516687
1283200244
9781283200240
9786613200242
6613200247