Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 266 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781280319969
,
9781134757442
,
0203748735
,
0203440498
,
0415146399
,
0415146380
Series Statement:
MyiLibrary
Content:
The family is a topical issue for studies of the Ancient world. Family, household and kinship have different connotations in antiquity from their modern ones. This volume expands that discussion to investigate the early Christian family structures within the larger Graeco-Roman context. Particular emphasis is given to how family metaphors, such as 'brotherhood' function to describe relations in early Christian communities. Asceticism and the rejection of sexuality are considered in the context of Christian constructions of the family. Moxnes' volume presents a comprehensive and timely addition to the study of familial and social structures in the Early Christian world, which will certainly stimulate further debate.
Content:
BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415146388
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0415146380
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0415146399
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Constructing early Christian families London [u.a.] : Routledge, 1997 ISBN 0415146380
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0415146399
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Theology
Keywords:
Familie
;
Urchristentum
;
Zeithintergrund
;
Familie
;
Metapher
;
Ekklesiologie
;
Bibel Neues Testament
;
Zeithintergrund
;
Familie
;
Askese
;
Gnosis
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Author information:
Moxnes, Halvor 1944-