The Ancient Church As Family
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The Ancient Church As Family   -     By: Joseph H Hellerman

The Ancient Church As Family

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The author explores the literature of the first three centuries of the church in terms of group identity and formation as surrogate kinship. Why did this become the organizing model in the earliest churches? How did historical developments intervene to shift the paradigm? How do ancient Mediterranean kinship structures correlate with church formation? Hellerman traces the fascinating story of these developments over three centuries and what brought them about. His focus is the New Testament documents (especially Paul's letters), second-century authors, and concluding with Cyprian in the third century. Kinship terminology in these writings, behaviors of group solidarity, and the symbolic power of kinship language in these groups are examined.

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Title: The Ancient Church As Family
By: Joseph H Hellerman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 320
Vendor: Fortress Press
Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 15 ounces
ISBN: 0800632486
ISBN-13: 9780800632489
Stock No: WW632486

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The author explores the literature of the first three centuries of the church in terms of group identity and formation as surrogate kinship. Why did this become the organizing model in the earliest churches? How did historical developments intervene to shift the paradigm? How do ancient Mediterranean kinship structures correlate with church formation? Hellerman traces the fascinating story of these developments over three centuries and what brought them about. His focus is the New Testament documents (especially Paul's letters), second-century authors, and concluding with Cyprian in the third century. Kinship terminology in these writings, behaviors of group solidarity, and the symbolic power of kinship language in these groups are examined.

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Joseph H. Hellerman is Professor of New Testament at Biola University and a pastor in Redondo Beach, Calif.

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