Families in the New Testament world
Subtitle: households and house churches
By: Carolyn Osiek, David L. Balch.
Contributors: Balch, David L.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The family, religion, and culture
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Louisville, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Bible. N.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Family -- Biblical teaching; Family -- Rome; Sociology, Biblical; House churches; Rome -- Social life and customs; Rome -- Religion
Description: In many places the New Testament reflects the Roman Empire's values of social stability, but at the same time, other passages make strong statements that seem to be against the family. What was the family like for the first Christians? How did they combine their family values and their new faith? When there were conflicts between family and faith, how did early Christians make choices between them?

Osiek and Balch provide solid scholarship on these issues, informed by archaeological work and illustrated by figures and photographs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-301) and indexes.