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Other Books by David deSilva Seeing Things John’s Way Sacramental Life 4 Maccabees: Introduction and Commentary An Introduction to the New Testament Perseverance in Gratitude Paul and the Macedonians Praying with John Wesley New Testament Themes The Hope of Glory Despising Shame HONOR, PATRONAGE, KINSHIP & PURITY U n l o c k i n g N e w Te s t a m e n t C u l t u r e DAVID A. deSILVA InterVarsityPress Downers Grove, Illinois InterVarsity Press P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426 World Wide Web: www.ivpress.com Email: [email protected] ©2000 by David A. deSilva All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from InterVarsity Press. InterVarsity Press® is the book-publishing division of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship/USA®, a movement of students and faculty active on campus at hundreds of universities, colleges and schools of nursing in the United States of America, and a member movement of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. For information about local and regional activities, write Public Relations Dept., InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/ USA, 6400 Schroeder Rd., P.O. Box 7895, Madison, WI 53707-7895, or visit the IVCF website at <www.intervarsity.org>. Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. and are used by permission. Chapters three and four were published previously as “Patronage and Reciprocity: The Context of Grace in the New Testament,” Ashland Theological Journal 31 (1999): 32-84, and are reprinted by permission. Cover illustration: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, N.Y. ISBN 978-0-8308-6612-0 (digital ISBN 978-0-8308-1572-2 (print) To the faculty and administration of Ashland Theological Seminary, men and women after God’s own heart whom I’m favored to call friends Contents Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 INTRODUCTION: Cultural Awareness & Reading Scripture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1. HONOR & SHAME: Connecting Personhood to Group Values . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2. HONOR & SHAME IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 3. PATRONAGE & RECIPROCITY: The Social Context of Grace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 4. PATRONAGE & GRACE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 5. KINSHIP: Living as a Family in the First-Century World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 6. KINSHIP & THE “HOUSEHOLD OF GOD” IN THE NEW TESTAMENT . . . . . . . . 199 7. PURITY & POLLUTION: Structuring the World Before a Holy God . . . . . . . . . 241 8. PURITY & THE NEW TESTAMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Index of Ancient & Modern Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Index of Subjects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Index of Scripture Texts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Index of Other Ancient Literature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Praise for Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Academic Textbook Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Abbreviations Translations of the Bible KJV King James Version NIV New International Version NRSV New Revised Standard Version RSV Revised Standard Version The Apocrypha and Septuagint Add Esth Additions to Esther 1-2 Esd 1-2 Esdras Jdt Judith 1-2-3-4 Macc 1-2-3-4 Maccabees Sir Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) Tob Tobit Wis Wisdom of Solomon Babylonian Talmud b. Sanh Sanhedrin
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