03490nam a2200565Ki 4500 ocn857769479 OCoLC 20200709055934.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130909s2013 ne ob 001 0 eng d N$T rda pn N$T 9789004255814 (electronic bk.) 9004255818 (electronic bk.) 9789004251755 9004251758 (OCoLC)857769479 637394 (N$T) BR166 .D69 2013eb REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh 270.1 23 N$TA Downing, F. Gerald, 1935- Order and (dis)order in the first Christian century : a general survey of attitudes / by F. Gerald Downing. Order and disorder in the first Christian century Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013. 1 online resource (xiii, 395 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 0167-9732 ; volume 151 Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-353) and indexes. "Let everything be done decently and in order ([euschēmonōs kai kata taxin])" (1Cor 14.40) : unity, order and problems of diversity : A. Greeks, Romans, Jews -- "Let everything be done decently and in order ([euschēmonōs kai kata taxin])" (1 Cor 14.40) : unity, order and problems of diversity : B. The New Testament authors -- Order within : passions, divine and human : A. In the wider Graeco-Roman world -- Order within : passions, divine and human : B. Among late Second Temple Jews and the first Christians -- Order in composition: "[kathexēs soi grapsai]" (Luke 1.3) -- Order in thought : ambiguity, ancient semantics, and faith -- "All things to all people", "[tois pasin panta]" (1Cor 9.22) : (dis)order in thought : free-range reflections to engage Dio of Prusa's and Paul's implied audiences -- Legislation as social engineering in the New Testament world -- "What, then, of the law?", "[ti oun ho nomos;]" Gal. 3.19 : appraisals of law in Paul and other New Testament writers, and in the wider Graeco-Roman world -- Justification as acquittal? A critical examination of judicial parlance in Paul's world -- Disorderly court procedure : Pliny's prosecutions of Christians -- The Baptist's new order -- Dissident Jesus -- Disorderly Paul. Description based on print version record. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Church polity History Early church, ca. 30-600. Christianity and culture History Early church, ca. 30-600. Law (Theology) Biblical teaching. Bible. Epistles of Paul Theology. RELIGION / Christian Church / History bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Downing, F. Gerald, 1935- Order and (dis)order in the first Christian century 9789004251755 (DLC) 2013021181 (OCoLC)853664366 Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 151. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=637394 EBSCOhost EBSC 637394 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53787 53787