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Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew

Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew

Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew

Stephen C. Barton
August 2005
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    From the very beginning, following the Christian way commonly generated tensions within families. Insiders and outsiders alike bear witness to the threat to household and family ties posed by a transfer of the believer's primary allegiance to Jesus. This study shows that the demand to subordinate family ties in response to the call of Jesus is quite intelligible in the context of beliefs and practices both in Judaism and in Greco-Roman philosophy of the first century. Such background is related to the Gospels of Mark and Matthew.

    • Challenges the scholarly consensus that the Christian faith is conservative in its strong support of the conventional family ethos
    • Author is one of the most exciting prospects among the younger generation of New Testament scholars
    • This is an important topic which has received little attention in recent years, a lacuna Barton seeks to remedy

    Reviews & endorsements

    "Overall a significant contribution." Religious Studies Review

    "In summary, Barton succeeds in demonstrating that the four methodologies illuminate each other, and his use of them is exciting." David L. Balch, The Catholic Biblical Quarterly

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    Product details

    January 1995
    Hardback
    9780521465304
    276 pages
    216 × 140 × 19 mm
    0.5kg
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    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 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.
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    • Stephen C. Barton