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Reading Acts in the discourses of masculinity and politics / edited by Eric D. Barreto, Matthew L. Skinner and Steve Walton.

Contributor(s): Barreto, Eric D, 1980- [editor.] | Skinner, Matthew L, 1968- [editor.] | Walton, Steve, 1955- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of New Testament studies: 559.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies: Publisher: London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: xvii, 186 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780567668127; 0567668126Subject(s): Bible. Acts -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Politics in the Bible | Bible and politics | Masculinity -- Biblical teaching | Masculinity in the Bible | Masculinities | Gender expressionDDC classification: 226.6/06 LOC classification: BS2625.52 | .R433 2017Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index.
Contents:
The language of gender in Acts / Christina Petterson -- Taking the measure of masculinities in Acts / Colleen M. Conway -- Contextualizing masculinity in the book of Acts: Peter and Paul as test cases / Brittany E. Wilson -- Making Jewish men in a Greco-Roman world: masculinity and the circumcision of Timothy in Acts 16.1-5 / Christopher Stroup -- The state they were in: Luke's view of the Roman Empire / Steve Walton -- Who speaks for (or against) Rome? Acts in relation to empire / Matthew L. Skinner -- Paul and Roman law: 'the luck of the draw?' / Bruce W. Winter -- Empowering, empire-ing or engaging? Acts in the discourse of politics: a response / Mikeal C. Parsons -- Turning the empire (oìchouméni) upside down: a response / Barbara Rossling -- Matthew L. Skinner.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index.

The language of gender in Acts / Christina Petterson -- Taking the measure of masculinities in Acts / Colleen M. Conway -- Contextualizing masculinity in the book of Acts: Peter and Paul as test cases / Brittany E. Wilson -- Making Jewish men in a Greco-Roman world: masculinity and the circumcision of Timothy in Acts 16.1-5 / Christopher Stroup -- The state they were in: Luke's view of the Roman Empire / Steve Walton -- Who speaks for (or against) Rome? Acts in relation to empire / Matthew L. Skinner -- Paul and Roman law: 'the luck of the draw?' / Bruce W. Winter -- Empowering, empire-ing or engaging? Acts in the discourse of politics: a response / Mikeal C. Parsons -- Turning the empire (oìchouméni) upside down: a response / Barbara Rossling -- Afterword / Matthew L. Skinner.

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