Honouring age : the social dynamics of age structure in I Timothy /

"We all age. But how we understand age and aging depends on cultural context. The early followers of Jesus experienced growing up and growing old in a world where more than a third of children never reached adulthood, married women could expect to become widows, and, above all, elders were to b...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: LaFosse, Mona Tokarek (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Montreal ; Chicago: McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
Serie:Studies in Christianity and Judaism ; 4.
Länkar:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3708441
Innehållsförteckning:
  • Why Study Age in 1 Timothy?
  • Mediterranean Dynamics of Age Structure and 1 Timothy
  • One Letter, Two Stories: Rhetoric and Crisis
  • Ideal Behaviour in the "Household of God" (1 Tim. 5:1-2)
  • Categorizing Widows: Definitions and Responsibilities
  • Why Sixty?
  • Younger Widows and Age Hierarchy among Women
  • A Believing Woman
  • Elders
  • Intergenerational Conflict in 1 Timothy: The Big Picture
  • The Visibility of Age.