The social world of Luke-Acts :  models for interpretation / 
edited by Jerome H. Neyrey. 
 - Peabody  MA :  Hendrickson,  1991. 
 - xviii, 436p ;  hbk ;  23.5cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Contents : Part I : Social Psychology<br/><br/>Reading theory perspective : reading Luke-Acts / Bruce J. Malina -- Honor and shame in Luke-Acts : pivotal values of the Mediterranean world / Bruce J. Malina and Jerome H. Neyrey -- First century personality : dyadic, not individualistic / Bruce J. Malina and Jerome H. Neyrey -- Conflict in Luke-Acts : labelling the deviance theory / Bruce J. Malina and Jerome H. Neyrey. Part II : Social Institutions<br/><br/>The pre-industrial city in Luke-Acts : urban social relations / Richard L. Rohrbaugh -- The countryside in Luke-Acts / Douglas E. Oakman -- Sickness and healing in Luke-Acts / John J. Pilch -- Temple versus household in Luke-Acts : a contrast in social institutions / John H. Elliott -- Patron-client relations and the new community in Luke-Acts / Halvor Moxnes. Part III : Social Dynamics<br/><br/>The symbolic universe in Luke-Acts : "They turn the world upside down" / Jerome H. Neyrey -- The social location of the implied author of Luke-Acts / Vernon K. Robbins -- Rituals of status transformation in Luke-Acts : the case of Jesus the prophet / Mark McVann -- Ceremonies in Luke-Acts : the case of meals and table-fellowship / Jerome H. Neyrey 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0943575486 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--N.T.--Luke--criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Bible.--N.T.--Acts--criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology, Biblical.<br/>Ethnology in the Bible.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>226.406/SOC