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020 _a9781570757082
020 _z1570757105 (alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aBS2745.52
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100 1 _aTamez, Elsa.
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240 1 0 _aLuchas de poder en los or�igenes de Cristianismo.
_lEnglish
245 1 0 _aStruggles for power in early Christianity :
_ba study of the first letter to Timothy /
_cElsa Tamez ; translated from Spanish by Gloria Kinsler.
250 _a[English ed.].
260 _aMaryknoll, N.Y. :
_bOrbis Books,
_cc2007.
300 _axxv, 163 p. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _aTranslation of: Luchas de poder en los or�igenes de Cristianismo.
504 _aIncludes bibliography and indexes.
505 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).
630 0 0 _aBible.
_pTimothy, 1st
_xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030804.html
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