03589cam a22003254a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000150008802000180010302000280012103500230014903500200017204000180019204100130021005000270022308200180025010000170026824000650028524501470035025000190049726000440051630000260056050000720058650400390065850524260069763000580312385600820318114556265OSt20230524154433.0060918s2007    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2006030804  a1570757089  a9781570757082  z1570757105 (alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocm71800522  a(OCoLC)71800522  aDLCcDLCdDLC1 aenghspa00aBS2745.52b.T3613 200700a227/.83062221 aTamez, Elsa.10aLuchas de poder en los or�igenes de Cristianismo.lEnglish10aStruggles for power in early Christianity :ba study of the first letter to Timothy /cElsa Tamez ; translated from Spanish by Gloria Kinsler.  a[English ed.].  aMaryknoll, N.Y. :bOrbis Books,cc2007.  axxv, 163 p. ;c21 cm.  aTranslation of: Luchas de poder en los or�igenes de Cristianismo.  aIncludes bibliography and indexes.0 aForeword by Juan Jose Tamayo -- Preface to the English edition -- Introduction -- The rich and the struggles for power in the Christian community -- Rich women and the struggles for power -- The text: 1 Timothy 2: 8; 3:1a -- Against expensive clothing -- An attack against wealthy women -- The system of patronage -- The wealthy should not expect to be rewarded for their favors -- The text: 1 Timothy 6:17-19 -- Associations and the christian community in 1 Timothy -- Godliness is not a means of gain -- The text: 1 Timothy 6:3-10 -- Money, godliness and other teachings? -- The wealthy, godliness and the struggle for power -- The patriarchal household and power relations between genders -- The cultural background of the imperial patriarchal Roman society -- The family in the time of the empire -- The domestic codes -- The houses where families lived -- The cultural values of honor and shame -- The patriarchal household as an ideal for the concept of family -- Against women who teach and have authority over men -- The text: 1 Timothy 2: 8-12 -- The salvation of women through childbearing -- The text: 1 Timothy 2: 13-3:1a -- The option for poor but obedient widows -- The text: 1 Timothy 5:3-16 -- Widows in antiquity -- An order of widows -- Rules for donations for the widows and for the order of widows -- Theological positions and the struggles for power -- The diversity of theological positions in the midst of the struggles for power -- The shaping of society by the Roman empire -- The theological response of the letter to the internal and external conflicts -- God and Jesus Christ are the Saviors -- Godliness as a condition for salvation -- The church leaders as the guarantee of the knowledge of the truth for salvation -- An opening that excludes and an option for the poor conditioned on obedience -- Between intolerance and useless divergences -- Criteria for leadership and the struggles for power -- Leadership positions in the beginnings of the Christian communities -- The supervisor, the college of presbyters, and the struggles for power -- Requirements to be a supervisor: who are excluded? -- The text: 1 Timothy 3:1-7 -- Requirements to be deacons and deaconesses : who are excluded? -- The text: 1 Timothy 3:8-12 --  The socio-economic structure of the Roman Empire -- Acts of Paul and Thecla -- Plurality in early Christianity -- The first letter of Paul to Timothy (complete text).00aBible.pTimothy, 1stxCriticism, interpretation, etc.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030804.html