INDEX:
Introduction
Background to the Greco-Roman Household and Culture
- Architecture (Part 1)
- Architecture (Part 2)
- What is a Family?
- Patronage and the Dance of Grace
- The Status Game
- Honor and Shame
- The Household of Caesar (Part 1)
- The Household of Caesar (Part 2)
- Voluntary Associations
- Isis, Christians, and Social Change in the Empire
- The Greco-Roman Household in Review
Household in Ancient Israel
Jesus' use of Fictive Family and Household
- The Rabbi from Galilee
- Jesus' Mission Statement
- The "Household Code"
- Jesus' Household Code (Part 1)
- Jesus' Household Code (Part 2)
- Jesus and Fictive Family (Part 1)
- Jesus and Fictive Family (Part 2)
- Jesus and Fictive Family (Part 3)
- Jesus and Fictive Family (Part 4)
- Introducing the Evangelium in Evangelio
- Psalm 23
- Jeremiah 23:1-8
- Ezekiel 34
- Lost Sheep, Luke 15:4-7 (Part 1)
- Lost Sheep, Luke 15:4-7 (Part 2)
- Lost Coin, Luke 15:8-10
- Comparing the Shepherd Metaphors
- The Prodigal Son, Luke 15:11-24 (Part 1)
- The Prodigal Son, Luke 15:11-24 (Part 2)
- The Older Son, Luke 15:25-32
- Theological Implications of the Parable of the Compassionate Father (Part 1)
- Theological Implications of the Parable of the Compassionate Father (Part 2)
- Theological Implications of the Parable of the Compassionate Father (Part 3)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (Part 1)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (Part 2)
New Testament Books' use of Fictive Family and Household
- Context for the Post-Resurrection Household of God
- The Pervasiveness of the Family Metaphor in the New Testament
- Children of Abraham
- The Royal Household
- Change in Status
- Paul as Father?
- Household: Paul's Use of Family in 1 Corinthians (Part 1)
- Household: Paul's Use of Family in 1 Corinthians (Part 2)
- Household: Paul's Use of Family in Romans
- The Other New Testament Writers and Fictive Family
- Fictive Family in 1 John
- Fictive Family in Hebrews
- Fictive Family in Ephesians
- Fictive Family in 1 Peter
- Reviewing the Big Picture (Part 1)
- Reviewing the Big Picture (Part 2)
New Testament Household Codes
- New Testament Household Codes
- Inverted Status Seeking and the End of Domination
- Household Code in 1 Peter (Part 1)
- Household Code in 1 Peter (Part 2)
- Household Code in 1 Peter (Part 3)
- Household Code in Titus
- Household Code Lost in Translation: Kephale
- "Head" as "Origin" or "Source"
- "Head" as "Symbol of the Whole" and "Preeminence in Status"
- The Fictive "rosh to kephale" Exceptions in the Septuagint (Part 1)
- The Fictive "rosh to kephale" Exceptions in the Septuagint (Part 2)
- “Head” as Function, Representation, and Elevation, and the Centrality of Status
- "Head" in 1 Peter 2:6-8 (Three Stones)
- "Head" in Colossians
- "Head" in Ephesians
- "Head" in 1 Corinthians 11:3 (Part 1)
- "Head" in 1 Corinthians 11:3 (Part 2)
- Synopsis of the "Head" Metaphor in the New Testament
- Household Code in Ephesians (Part 1)
- Household Code in Ephesians (Part 2)
- Household Code in Ephesians (Part 3)
- Household Code in Ephesians (Part 4)
- Household Code in Colossians
- Excursus on 1 Timothy (Part 1)
- Excursus on 1 Timothy (Part 2)
- Excursus on 1 Timothy (Part 3)
- Excursus on 1 Timothy (Part 4)
- Excursus on 1 Corinthians 7
- Household Code in Review
Concluding Thoughts
any chance this is available as a pdf file?
gt
Posted by: gt | Nov 15, 2010 at 07:51 AM
gt, I'm sorry but I don't have this in any other form. You are the third person in recent weeks who has asked for a copy of this. I hope tot eventually convert this into pdf or book. Thanks.
Posted by: Michael W. Kruse | Nov 16, 2010 at 08:39 PM
Mike--
I just finished a letter in which I mused about a bunch of early Christian family things, and if you don't mind, would you take a look? Feedback and corrections that makes me think would be greatly appreciated.
http://heysandy-gt.blogspot.com/2010/11/hey-sandy-no-time-for-chit-chat.html
Also, do you know of this book: Halvor Moxnes (ed),
Constructing Early Christian Families
(1997)? Is it a reliable ethnology forensic source, in your opinion? I've only read the first chapter, but I find it fascinating.Thanks--
GT
Posted by: GT | Nov 17, 2010 at 04:12 PM
GT
Wonderful post. It seems to me that Jesus was not abolishing the family we know in this age but proclaiming that we have a higher allegiance to the Household of God where, where God is the paterfamilias and we are all siblings. I like how you are dealing with this in connection to Jesus encounter with the Sadducees.
I saw the Moxnes book sometime back but I haven't read it. Your mention of it here reminds me that it was one I wanted to read, so I just ordered a copy. :-) From what I recall, I think it is considered with high regard among those who are experts but I can't speak to it myself. Thanks.
Posted by: Michael W. Kruse | Nov 18, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Mike--
Thanks for the feedback. I have to tell you, I had a great time thinking about this stuff while preparing for the 12 Nov 2010 letter. I hadn't thought of it as shift in allegiance to a different 'head of household' (God) while keeping the same structure (family as institution), but as you mention it, it seems like one of the possible/probable paths for converts to make in their understanding of Christian family and faith community. More good things to think about.
Thanks again--
GT
Posted by: GT | Nov 18, 2010 at 08:27 PM