Fourteen members of The Context Group honor Bruce J. Malina and his scholarship in this volume by following his consistent example of developing or using explicit social scientific models to interpret documents from the ancient Mediterranean world. Ordinary features of that cultural world such as gossip, reciprocity, a pervasive military presence, the power of women, and becoming a follower of Jesus stand out with greater clarity in the Bible when a reader understands the cultural matrix in which such social dynamics function.
These essays reflect The Context Group’s more than twenty years of collaborative experience in researching the cultural context of the Bible. New insights are built on the solidly established foundations of their earlier cross-cultural studies.
Readers will find the individual essays enlightening and challenging. Taken as a whole they form a valuable resource and a stimulating and helpful aid to further study.
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On Wooing Crocodiles for Fun and Profit: Confessions of an Intact Admirer
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Exercise in the Critical Use of Models: The “Goodness of Fit” of Wilson’s Sect Model
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Coming to Terms with a Neglected Aspect of Ancient Mediterranean Reciprocity: Seneca’s Views on Benefit-Exchange in De beneficiis as the Framework for a Model of Social Exchange
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“By the Hand of a Woman": Culture, Story and Theology in the Book of Judith
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Kingdom Takes Place: Transformations of Place and Power in the Kingdom of God in the Gospel of Luke
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Kingdom and Family in Conflict: A Contribution to the Study of the Historical Jesus
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Neither Xenoi nor paroikoi, sympolitai and oikeioi tou theou” (Eph 2.19): Pauline Christian Communities: Defining a New Territoriality
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Glory, Honor and Patronage in the Fourth Gospel: Understanding the Doxa Given to Disciples in John 17
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Soldiers in the Gospels: A Neglected Agent
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Prayer, in Other Words: New Testament Prayers in Social Science Perspective
págs. 349-380
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