A cosmopolitan ideal : Paul's declaration 'neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, nor male and female' in the context of first century thought /: Paul's declaration 'neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, nor male and female' in the context of first century thought. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Karin B. Neutel.
• Other Names: Neutel, Karin B
• Contents: Acknowlegments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; I. Identity and Difference: Current Interpretations; II. Methodological Considerations; III. Composition of this Study; Chapter 1 -- ONE IN CHRIST: THE REALITY OF AN IDEAL COMMUNITY; I. Baptism and Participation in Christ: Community and Eschatology; II. Defining Difference: Jew-Greek-Barbarian, Slave-free, Male-Female; III. The Ideal of Unity; IV. A Shared Ideal: Paul's Thought in Context; Chapter 2 -- NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK: ESCHATOLOGICAL GENTILES AND JEWISH COSMOPOLITANISM; I. 'What Was Wrong with Judaism?' II. There Is No Distinction: Paul's Ideas on Jew and Non-JewIII. Ancient Cosmopolitanism: Neither Greek Nor Barbarian; IV. Conclusion; Chapter 3 -- NEITHER SLAVE NOR FREE: BROTHERS IN THE LORD; I. Paul's Message: No Longer as a Slave; II. Paul's Attitude in Context: 'No Slave' as a Contemporary Ideal; III. Conclusion; Chapter 4 -- NOR MALE AND FEMALE: MARRIAGE AT THE END OF THE WORLD; I. Creation, Myth and Marriage: The Meaning of 'Male and Female'; II. 'Male and Female' in Context: The Arguments for and against Marriage; III. Conclusion; CONCLUSION; I. Three Pairs Together. II. Each of the Three PairsBibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 227/.06; Utopias -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Cosmopolitanism; Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament; RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters; Cosmopolitanism; Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Theology; Utopias -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567656841; 0567656845
• Related ISBNs: 9780567656834; 0567656837
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