"Household of God" Series Index

INDEX:

Introduction

• Household of God
• Recovering the Biblical Image

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

• Family and Household in Ancient Israel
• Household and the Israelite Monarchy
• Household and Diaspora

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

• Review of the Role of the Fictive Family Metaphor
• Recovering the Family Business
• Deconstructing the Laity
• Plausibility Structures

Comments

[gt]

any chance this is available as a pdf file?

gt

[Michael W. Kruse]

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.

[GT]

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

[Michael W. Kruse]

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.

[GT]

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