The Pauline Churches

A Socio-Historical Study of Institutionalization in the Pauline and Deutrero-Pauline Writings
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-521-61605-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 60, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Reihe: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

The author studies the Pauline corpus in order to trace the process of institutionalisation in the Pauline communities. She claims that development can be traced since we have not only letters from Paul himself, but also the Pastoral epistles from the beginning of the second century, as well as Ephesians and Colossians, writings which are characteristic of the ambiguous period following the disappearance of the earliest authorities. This is the first substantial examination of the Pauline corpus from this angle; it also incorporates effectively insights from the social sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macdonald, Margaret Y.

Court, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The project; 2. The social sciences and New Testament interpretation; 3. Methodological limits and possibilities; 4. Where from here?; Part I. Paul: Community-Building Institutionalization: 5. Attitidues to the world/ethics; 6. Ministry; 7. Ritual; 8. Belief; 9. General conclusion; Part II. Colossians and Ephesians: Community-Stabilizing Institutionalization: 10. Attitudes to the world/ethics; 11. Ministry; 12. Ritual; 13. Belief; 14. General conclusion; Part III. The Pastoral Epistles: Community-Protecting Institutionalization: 15. Attitidues to the world/ethics; 16. Ministry; 17. Ritual; 18. Belief; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Biblical passages discussed; Subject index.