Malina, Bruce J. <br/><br/>
The New Testament world :  insights from cultural anthropology / 
Bruce J. Malina. 
 - 3rd ed., rev. and expanded. 
 - Louisville, KY :  Westminster John Knox Press,  c.2001. 
 - xv, 256 p. :  illus. ; pbk ;   23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Bible study and cultural anthropology --<br/>Honor and shame: pivotal values of the first-century Mediterranean world --<br/>First-century personality: the individual and the group --<br/>Perception of limited good: maintaining one's social status --<br/>Envy--the most grievous of all evils: envy and the evil-eye in the first-century Mediterranean world --<br/>Kinship and marriage: fusing families together --<br/>Clean and unclean: understanding rules of purity --<br/>How Jesus groups evolved: understanding group development. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0664222951 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001016238 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--New Testament--Social scientific criticism.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology, Biblical.<br/>Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Palestine--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>225.95/MAL