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Through a judicious use of the social sciences, Hanson and Oakman's enormously helpful volume explains in a readable way the primary social institutions and structures of ancient Palestine, with a view to how they are reflected in and shaped the early Jesus movement.
After an overview of social analysis and of the ancient Mediterranean worldview, the core of the book systematically presents major domains and institutions of family, politics, and economy, always with reference to specific biblical and other ancient texts. In a concluding chapter, the authors explore Palestine's religious institutions, especially Herod's Tmeple systems and Jesus' relation to it.
From the preface:
"We have the following general goals in mind through our work:
- To examine the primary social institutions of first-century Palestine through a social-scientific methodology
- To present testable models of society that can be employed when studying the Bible, and therefore be refined or modified as the reader acquires more information
- To relate the systemic analysis directly to New Testament passages in each chapter in order to demonstrate how this material is applicable"
256 pages, 2002
About the Authors
K. C. Hanson has taught biblical studies at Episcopal Theological School and the School of Theology at Claremont, Creighton University, and St. Olaf College. He is author of numerous scholarly articles and two volumes in the Proclamation series. K. C. Hanson is the biblical studies editor at Fortress Press. His published works include Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts (Fortress Press, 1998).
Douglas E. Oakman is Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, and author of Jesus and the Economic Questions of His Day.
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