03892cam a22003734a 4500 14556265 OSt 20230524154433.0 060918s2007 nyu b 001 0 eng 2006030804 1570757089 9781570757082 1570757105 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocm71800522 (OCoLC)71800522 DLC DLC DLC eng spa BS2745.52 .T3613 2007 227/.8306 22 Tamez, Elsa. 29193 Luchas de poder en los or�igenes de Cristianismo. English Struggles for power in early Christianity : a study of the first letter to Timothy / Elsa Tamez ; translated from Spanish by Gloria Kinsler. [English ed.]. Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2007. xxv, 163 p. ; 21 cm. Translation of: Luchas de poder en los or�igenes de Cristianismo. Includes bibliography and indexes. Foreword 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). Bible. Timothy, 1st Criticism, interpretation, etc. 55130 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030804.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 67632 67606 0 0 lcc 0 0 GEN CPL CPL GEN 2018-01-31 Donation - TBN 25.00 0 BS 2745.52.T3613 2007 T16733W3232 2023-05-24 00:00:00 1 2023-05-24 BK