Honor, patronage, kinship & purity: unlocking New Testament culture

Contemporary Western readers may find it surprising that honor and shame, patronage and reciprocity, kinship and family, and purity and pollution offer us keys to interpreting the New Testament. But as recent scholarship has proposed and as David deSilva demonstrates, paying attention to these cultu...

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Main Author: DeSilva, David A. 1967- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Downers Grove, Ill. InterVarsity Press 2000
In:Year: 2000
Reviews:[Rezension von: DESILVA, DAVID A., Honor, Patronage, Kinship and Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture] (2002) (Osiek, Carolyn, 1940 -)
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible N.T Socio-rhetorical criticism
B Bible. New Testament Socio-rhetorical criticism