RT Book
T1 Discipleship and family ties in Mark and Matthew
T2 Society for New Testament Studies monograph series
A1 Barton, Stephen C. 1952-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1994
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883369389
AB During the first two centuries CE there was a common awareness that familial tensions were generated by conversions to the Christian faith. Yet studies of Christian origins have so far paid little attention to the impact of the Christian movement upon attitudes to family ties and natural kinship. Stephen C. Barton remedies this deficiency by means of a detailed study of the relevant passages in the gospels of Mark and Matthew. First, however, he examines the religious traditions of Judaism and the philosophical traditions of the Greco-Roman world, and shows that the tensions apparent within the Christian movement were by no means unique. In all three areas of thought and religious belief there is found the conviction that familial obligations may be transcended by some higher responsibility, to God, to Christ, or to the demands of philosophy. Mark and Matthew saw the Jesus-movement as offering a transcendent allegiance, which relativised family ties.
AB Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The subordination of family ties in Judaism and in the Greco-Roman world of the first century -- 3. Discipleship and family ties in Mark -- 4. Discipleship and family ties in Matthew -- 5. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of passages -- Index of authors
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BS2585.2
SN 9780511554841
K1 Jesus Christ : Family
K1 Jesus Christ : Views on families
K1 Jesus Christ
K1 Bible : Mark : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bible : Matthew : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bible
K1 Bible // N.T. // Mark : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bible // N.T. // Matthew : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Christian Life : Biblical teaching.
K1 Christian Life : Biblical teaching
K1 Jesus Christ ; Views on families
K1 Jesus Christ ; Family
K1 Bible ; Mark ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Bible ; Matthew ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Christian life ; Biblical teaching
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511554841