Early Christian Families in Context: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue.Early Christian Families in Context: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Edited by David L. Balch and Carolyn Osiek. Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, : William B. Eerdmans, 2003. xix and 412 pages. Paper. $28.00. The editors of this volume previously published Families in the New Testament World: Households and House Churches (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997), a volume that grew out of the series "The Family, Religion, and Culture," a research project at the University of Chicago. The seventeen essays presented here follow up that volume with contributions from archaeologists, classicists, ancient historians, and New Testament scholars, all presented at a colloquy col·lo·quy n. pl. col·lo·quies 1. A conversation, especially a formal one. 2. A written dialogue. [From Latin colloquium, conversation; see held at Bright Divinity School Divinity School may be:
The essays cover house architecture, domestic values, and the role and status of women, slaves, and children in the household. These essays both supplement and correct the earlier volume. I found especially enlightening en·light·en tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens 1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to: the essays on the archaeology of the domus and insulae In Roman architecture, insulae (singular insula) were large apartment buildings where the lower and middle classes of Romans (the plebs) dwelled. The floor at ground level was used for tavernas, shops and businesses with living space on the higher floors. by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill Andrew Wallace-Hadrill OBE (born 1951, Oxford, England) is the director of the British School at Rome and a professor of the University of Reading. Born in Oxford, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is the son of the Mediaeval historian John Michael Wallace-Hadrill. , Monika Trumper, and Eric Meyers, the study of the language of equality in early Christian house churches by Peter Lampe, and Richard Saller's examination of "Women, Slaves, and the Economy of the Roman Household. While the final three contributions discuss implications of this material for theological education, the essays should find readers far beyond New Testament scholars. They demonstrate well the value of cross-disciplinary research in the use of archaeological data and social context research. This collection fits well into the series, as the Foreword by Don Browning and David Clairmont, the series editor, state. |
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