Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible

Essays by the Context Group in Honor of Bruce J. Malina
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-90-04-12056-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 442 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 921 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pilch, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

John J. Pilch, Ph.D., a founding member of The Context Group, is Professor of Biblical Literature at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and the author of articles and books including The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible (Liturgical Press) and Healing in the New Testament: Insights from Medical and Mediterranean Anthropology (Fortress Press).