Asceticism and the New TestamentLeif E. Vaage, Vincent L. Wimbush As a complex historical phenomenon, asceticism raises the question about ordinary impulses, the orientation and practices, the power dynamics and politics with transcendental religions. The question of the role of asceticism has often been overlooked in examining the New Testament. This book is both comprehensive and comparative in its representation of how the question of asceticism might reorder the way in which we interpret the New Testament. Looking at the New Testament from an ascetic perspective asks questions about issues including the milieu of Jesus and Paul, and the social practices of self-denial, and considers the Scriptural texts in light of a desire to separate oneself from the world. In interpreting all the books in the New Testament, this collection is the first effort to take seriously the crucial role played by asceticism--and its detractors--in the formation of the New Testament. |
Contents
Asceticism and the Gospel of Matthew | 11 |
Asceticism and Marks Gospel | 29 |
Askesis and the Early Jesus Tradition | 49 |
Beloved Physician of the Soul? Luke as Advocate for Ascetic Practice | 71 |
Full of Spirit and Wisdom Lukes Portrait of Stephen Acts 6181a as a Man of SelfMastery | 97 |
Children of the Resurrection Perspectives on Angelic Asceticism in LukeActs | 115 |
Asceticism and the Gospel of John | 127 |
Making Sense of Difference Asceticism Gospel Literature and the Jesus Tradition | 149 |
Imitatio PAULI | 253 |
2 Thessalonians and the Discipline of Work | 255 |
Citizens of Heaven and Earth Asceticism and Social Integration in Colossians and Ephesians | 269 |
Askesis and Resistance in the Pastoral Letters | 299 |
Where is This World Headed? Irony World Renunciation and the Pauline Corpus | 317 |
UNPAUL | 329 |
The Virtue of Suffering the Necessity of Discipline and the Pursuit of Perfection in Hebrews | 331 |
An Asceticism of Resistance in James | 355 |
PAUL The Real Thing | 157 |
Gods Will at Thessalonica and GrecoRoman Asceticism | 159 |
Disciplines of Difference Asceticism and History in Paul | 171 |
Paul the Prisoner Political Asceticism in the Letter to the Philippians | 187 |
The Letter to Philemon and Asceticism | 209 |
Competing Ascetic Subjectivities in the Letter to the Galatians | 211 |
Asceticism among the Weak and Strong in Romans 1415 | 231 |
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| Title | Asceticism and the New Testament |
| Editors | Leif E. Vaage, Vincent L. Wimbush |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0415921953, 9780415921954 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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