Discipleship and Family Ties in Mark and Matthew

by Stephen C. Barton

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521465304
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/08/1994
Series:	Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series , #80
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.75(d)

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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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