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Constructing Early Christian Families

Family as Social Reality and Metaphor

by Halvor Moxnes

  • Paperback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: Taylor& Francis Ltd
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.6 cm

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The family is a topical issue for studies of the Ancient world as family, household and kinship had different connotations in antiquity from their modern ones. This volume expands that discussion to investigate the early Christian family structures within the larger Graeco-Roman context. Particular emphasis is given to how family mataphors such as "brotherhood" function to describe relations in early Christian communities. Asceticism and the rejection of sexuality are considered in the context of Christian constructions of the family.
Constructing Early Christian Families and Memories of Jesus
Memories of JesusConstructing Early Christian Families

  • Title

    Constructing Early Christian Families

  • Author

    Halvor Moxnes

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Taylor& Francis Ltd

  • Published

    April 1997

  • Weight

    395g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780415146395

  • ISBN-10

    0415146399

  • Eden Code

    1150898

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