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The New Testament world : insights from cultural anthropology / Bruce J. Malina.

By: Publication details: Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, c.2001.Edition: 3rd ed., rev. and expandedDescription: xv, 256 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0664222951 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 225.95/MAL 21
Contents:
Introduction: Bible study and cultural anthropology -- Honor and shame: pivotal values of the first-century Mediterranean world -- First-century personality: the individual and the group -- Perception of limited good: maintaining one's social status -- Envy--the most grievous of all evils: envy and the evil-eye in the first-century Mediterranean world -- Kinship and marriage: fusing families together -- Clean and unclean: understanding rules of purity -- How Jesus groups evolved: understanding group development.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: Bible study and cultural anthropology --
Honor and shame: pivotal values of the first-century Mediterranean world --
First-century personality: the individual and the group --
Perception of limited good: maintaining one's social status --
Envy--the most grievous of all evils: envy and the evil-eye in the first-century Mediterranean world --
Kinship and marriage: fusing families together --
Clean and unclean: understanding rules of purity --
How Jesus groups evolved: understanding group development.

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