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Handbook of Early Christianity Social Science Approaches

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham Altamira Press 2002Description: 802pISBN:
  • 0759100152
DDC classification:
  • J12 B612
Partial contents:
Part I: General Perspective CHAPTER I Social Sciences Studying Formative Christian Phenomena: A Creative Movement DAVID G. HORRELL 3 CHAPTER 2 Major Social Scientific Theories: Origins, Development, and Contributions PAUL-ANDRE TURCOTTE 29 CHAPTER 3 General Methodological Perspective ANTHONY j. BLASI 61 Part II: Special Methods CHAPTER 4 Archaeological and Architectural Issues and the Question of Demographic and Urban Forms CAROLYN OSIEK 83 CHAPTER 5 An Illustration of Historical Inquiry: Histories of Jesus and Matthew I.I-25 RITVAH.WILLIAMS 105 CHAPTER 6 Literary Source and Redaction Criticism STEVEN L. BRIDGE 125 CHAPTER 7 Statistical Textual Analysis: A Special Technique ROBERT A. WORTHAM 147 CHAPTER 8 Aspects of Rhetorical Analysis Applied to New Testament Texts ERNST R. WENDLAND 169 CHAPTER 9 Structuralism and Symbolic Universes: Second Temple Judaism and the Early Christian Movement PETER STAPLES 197 Part III Contexts and Emergence of the Jesus Movement and Early Christianity CHAPTER 10 Early Christianity as an Unorganized Ecumenical Religious Movement FREDERICK BIRD 225 CHAPTER 11 Jesus and Palestinian Social Protest: Archaeological and Literary Perspectives PETER RICHARDSON AND DOUGLAS EDWARDS 247 CHAPTER 12 Civilizational Encounters in the Development of Early Christianity DONALD A. NIELSEN 267 CHAPTER 13 Early Christian Culture as Interaction ANTHONY J. BLASI 291 CHAPTER 14 "Becoming Christian": Solidifying Christian Identity and Content DAVID G. HORRELL 309 CHAPTER 15 Sociological Insights into the Development of Christian Leadership Roles and Community Formation HOWARD CLARK KEE 337 CHAPTER 16 Establishing Social Distance between Christians and Both Jews and Pagans JACKT. SANDERS 361 Part IV: Power, Inequality, and Difference CHAPTER 17 Connections with Elites in the World of the Early Christians PHILIP A. HARLAND 385 CHAPTER 18 Government and Public Law in Galilee, Judaea, Hellenistic Cities, and the Roman Empire JOHN w. MARSHALL AND RUSSELL MARTIN 409 CHAPTER 19 Persecution HAROLD REMUS 431 CHAPTER 20 Vulnerable Power: The Roman Empire Challenged by the Early Christians WARREN CARTER 453 CHAPTER 21 The Limits of Ethnic Categories NICOLA DENZEY 489 Part V: Economic Questions CHAPTER 22 The Economy of First-Century Palestine: State of the Scholarly Discussion PHILIP A. HARLAND 511 CHAPTER 23 Modes and Relations of Production DIMITRIS ]. KYRTATAS 529 CHAPTER 24 What Would You Do for a Living? DAVID A. FIENSY 555 Part VI: Psycho-Social Approaches and Phenomena CHAPTER 25 Conflicting Bases of Identity in Early Christianity: The Example of Paul NICHOLAS H.TAYLOR 577 CHAPTER 26 Dread of the Community: A Psychoanalytical Study of Fratricidal Conflict in the Context of First-Century Palestine RICHARD K. FENN 599 CHAPTER 27 Conversion in Early Christianity JACK T. SANDERS 619
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Part I: General Perspective
CHAPTER I
Social Sciences Studying Formative Christian Phenomena: A Creative Movement DAVID G. HORRELL 3
CHAPTER 2
Major Social Scientific Theories: Origins, Development, and Contributions PAUL-ANDRE TURCOTTE 29
CHAPTER 3
General Methodological Perspective ANTHONY j. BLASI 61
Part II: Special Methods
CHAPTER 4
Archaeological and Architectural Issues and the Question of Demographic and Urban Forms CAROLYN OSIEK 83
CHAPTER 5
An Illustration of Historical Inquiry: Histories of Jesus and Matthew I.I-25 RITVAH.WILLIAMS 105
CHAPTER 6
Literary Source and Redaction Criticism STEVEN L. BRIDGE 125
CHAPTER 7
Statistical Textual Analysis: A Special Technique ROBERT A. WORTHAM 147
CHAPTER 8
Aspects of Rhetorical Analysis Applied to New Testament Texts ERNST R. WENDLAND 169
CHAPTER 9
Structuralism and Symbolic Universes: Second Temple Judaism and the Early Christian Movement PETER STAPLES 197
Part III Contexts and Emergence of the Jesus Movement and Early Christianity
CHAPTER 10
Early Christianity as an Unorganized Ecumenical Religious Movement
FREDERICK BIRD 225
CHAPTER 11
Jesus and Palestinian Social Protest: Archaeological and Literary Perspectives
PETER RICHARDSON AND DOUGLAS EDWARDS 247
CHAPTER 12
Civilizational Encounters in the Development of Early Christianity
DONALD A. NIELSEN 267
CHAPTER 13
Early Christian Culture as Interaction ANTHONY J. BLASI 291
CHAPTER 14
"Becoming Christian": Solidifying Christian Identity and Content
DAVID G. HORRELL 309
CHAPTER 15
Sociological Insights into the Development of Christian Leadership Roles and Community Formation HOWARD CLARK KEE 337
CHAPTER 16
Establishing Social Distance between Christians and Both Jews and Pagans JACKT. SANDERS 361
Part IV: Power, Inequality, and Difference
CHAPTER 17
Connections with Elites in the World of the Early Christians
PHILIP A. HARLAND 385
CHAPTER 18
Government and Public Law in Galilee, Judaea, Hellenistic Cities, and the Roman Empire JOHN w. MARSHALL AND RUSSELL MARTIN 409
CHAPTER 19
Persecution HAROLD REMUS 431
CHAPTER 20
Vulnerable Power: The Roman Empire Challenged by the Early Christians
WARREN CARTER 453
CHAPTER 21
The Limits of Ethnic Categories NICOLA DENZEY 489
Part V: Economic Questions
CHAPTER 22
The Economy of First-Century Palestine: State of the Scholarly Discussion PHILIP A. HARLAND 511
CHAPTER 23
Modes and Relations of Production DIMITRIS ]. KYRTATAS 529
CHAPTER 24
What Would You Do for a Living? DAVID A. FIENSY 555
Part VI: Psycho-Social Approaches and Phenomena
CHAPTER 25
Conflicting Bases of Identity in Early Christianity: The Example
of Paul NICHOLAS H.TAYLOR 577
CHAPTER 26
Dread of the Community: A Psychoanalytical Study of Fratricidal Conflict in the Context of First-Century Palestine
RICHARD K. FENN 599
CHAPTER 27
Conversion in Early Christianity JACK T. SANDERS 619

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