John Pilch
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Social Science Commentary On The Book Of Acts
$34.00Add to cartLike earlier volumes in the Social Science Commentary series, this volume situates Acts squarely in the cultural matrix of the first century Mediterranean world, elaborating its codes of patron and client, mediatorship, honor and shame, healing and sickening, wizardry and witchcraft accusations, and the understanding of the Spirit of God as well as deities and demons as personal causes of significant events.
Part 1: Jesus First Command to the Twelve – Their Activities Among Israelite Majority Populations (Acts 1:4-12:25)
Part 2: Jesus Second Command to Saul/Paul – His Activities Among Israelite Minority Populations (Acts 12:25-25:31)
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Social Science Commentary On The Letters Of Paul
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Preface
Introduction1 THESSALONIANS
I. 1 Thess 1:1 Letter Opening (Superscription)
II. 1 Thess 1:2-3:13 About The Relationship Between The Change Agents And The Jesus Group They Formed
III. 1 Thess 4:1-5:24 Directives And Exhortations
IV. 1 Thess 5:25-28 Letter Closing: Salutation And Blessing1 CORINTHIANS
I. 1 Cor 1: 1-8 Letter Opening (Superscription)
II. 1 Cor 1:9-6:20 Reaction To A Report From Chloe’s People
III. 1 Cor 7:1-15:58 Response To Corinthian Questions
IV. 1 Cor 16:5-24 Letter Closing: Salutations And Blessings2 CORINTHIANS
I. 2 Cor 2:14-6:13 Letter 1: Written Before The Dispute
II. 2 Corinthians 10-13 Letter 2: Written During The Dispute
III. 2 Cor 1:1-2:13 [7:5-16] Letter 3: Written After The Dispute
IV. 2 Cor 8:1-24 Insert: Part Of A Letter Of Recommendation For Titus About The Collection For Jerusalem
V. 2 Cor 9:1-15 Insert: Part Of A Letter About The Collection For JerusalemGALATIANS
I. Gal 1:1-5 Letter Opening (Superscription)
II. Gal 1:6-9 Introduction
III. Gal 1:10-2:21 Paul Defends His Honor (Form: Encomium)
IV. Gal 3:1-6:10 Paul Defends His Gospel (Form: Public Argument)
V. Gal 6:11-18 ConclusionROMANS
I. Rom 1:1-7 Letter Opening (Superscription)
II. Rom 1:8-10 Letter Thanksgiving
III. Rom 1:11-17 Introduction And Travel Plans
IV. Rom 1:18-32 They And The Ten Commandments
V. Rom 2:1-16 You Judeans And Judging Hellenists
VI. Rom 2:17-3:20 Israelites
VII. Rom 3:21-8:39 The Present Time: Now
VIII. Rom 9:1-11:36 Recalcitrant Israel
IX. Rom 12:1-13:14 You: Jesus-Group Values
X. Rom 14:1-15:13 They (the Weak) And The Torah Commandments
XI. Rom 15:15-32 Conclusion And Travel Plans
XII. Rom 15:33 Letter Ending
XIII. Rom 16:1-29 Appendix: Letter Of Recommendation For Phoebe And DoxologyPHILIPPIANS
I. Phil 1:1-11 Superscription
II. Phil 1:12-2:15 Body A: Paul’s Prison Circumstances And Its Significance For The Philippians
III. Phil 2:16-3:21 Body B: Ingroup And Outgroup Relations
IV. Phil 4:1-23 Concluding RemarksPHILEMON
I. Phlm 1-3 Superscription
II. Phlm 4-7 Thanksgiving: The Exordium
III. Phlm 8-16 Body Of The Letter Part A: Perobatio
IV. Phlm 17-22 Body Of The Letter Part B: Peroratio
V. Phlm 23-25 ConclusionReading Scenarios For The (Authentic) Letters Of Paul
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List Of Reading ScenariosAdditional Info
This latest addition to the Fortress Social-Science Commentaries on New Testament writings illuminates the values, perceptions, and social codes of the Mediterranean culture that shaped Paul and his interactions -both harmonious and conflicted – with others. Malina and Pilch add new dimensions to our understanding of the apostle as a social change agent, his coworkers as innovators, and his gospel as an assertion of the honor of the God of Israel. -
Social Science Commentary On The Book Of Revelation
$32.00Add to cartThe author of Revelation presents himself as John, the astral seer, who professes faith in the Resurrected Jesus and who belonged to the house of Israel. John writes of traveling in to the sky; but this perspective of “sky-visions” is completely neglected in the traditional commentaries and studies on Revelation. Malina and Pilch demonstrate the necessity of taking ancient sky-interpretation seriously for reading the book of Revelation in its first-century context.
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Healing In The New Testament
$25.00Add to cartHow are we to read and understand stories of Jesus healing the lame, deaf, blind, and those with a variety of other maladies? Pilch takes us beyond the historical and literary questions to examine the social questions of how the ancient Judeans understood healing, what roles healers played, and the different emphases on healing among gospels. In his comparative analysis, the author draws on the anthropology of the Mediterranean as well as the models employed by medical anthropologists to understand peasant societies and their health-care systems.