2003
DOI: 10.1163/156851503765661276
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The Jesus Movement Was Not Egalitarian but Family-oriented

Abstract: The theory that Jesus founded a "discipleship of equals" that after his death assumed the shape of egalitarian structured house churches, which by the end of the first century abandoned their egalitarian ethos and organization and assimilated to the conventional patriarchal household pattern of their Greco-Roman environment, fails to stand up under close scrutiny. The theory lacks probative textual and historical support, is sociologically implausible, conceptually anachronistic, and appears ideologically driv… Show more

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“…44.Van der Watt suggests that this implies egalitarian relati onships within the .Van der Watt suggests that this implies egalitarian relationships within the Johannine group: 'differences of status and roles are suspended within the confines of the community ' (2006: 160). But the use of 'egalitarianism' is inappropriate here (Elliott 2003).…”
Section: ἀποσυναγωγός Reconsideredmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…44.Van der Watt suggests that this implies egalitarian relati onships within the .Van der Watt suggests that this implies egalitarian relationships within the Johannine group: 'differences of status and roles are suspended within the confines of the community ' (2006: 160). But the use of 'egalitarianism' is inappropriate here (Elliott 2003).…”
Section: ἀποσυναγωγός Reconsideredmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As is also the case with the pre-Pauline formula of Gal 3:28, however, these are examples only of inclusiveness and not of social levelling or abolishment of social and economic inequity. Inclusion, it apparently needs to be pointed out, is not identical to equalization; on Gal 3:28 see Elliott 2003. Further Problems with the Egalitarian Theory Besides the issues of interpretation plaguing every New Testament text marshalled by the egalitarian theorists, a reading of Jesus' teaching and actions along egalitarian lines is beset with additional serious problems.…”
Section: Indeed the New Testament Evidence Indicates Thatmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is hardly surprising given the central role of family and household in antiquity as a chief basis of personal identity, social relations, economic subsistence, emotional attachment, and religious allegiance; see. Elliott 1981Elliott /1990Elliott 1991aElliott , 1991bCrosby: 21-32;Love;Guijarro Oporto 1995, 1998, 2001Moxnes; Osiek; Osiek & Balch. The household as the locale of Jesus' teaching and ministry is attested in the triple tradition and Q. Jesus' teaching and ministry and/or its focus; see Elliott 2002Elliott , 2003 (2) In regard to the substance of Jesus' proclamation and teaching two further features require mention. First, as generally recognized, it focused on the nature and imminence of God's reign symbolized as royal monarchical rule, God as &dquo;king&dquo; and God's rule as &dquo;kingdom&dquo;-the opposite of a democratic and egalitarian mode of governance.…”
Section: Indeed the New Testament Evidence Indicates Thatmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…2. Several publications have already resulted from the work of the group including Moxnes 2003;Rawson 2003, D'Angelo 2003Osiek 2003;Elliott 2003;Destro and Pesce 2003;Levine 2003;Krawiec and Jacobs 2003;Krawiec 2003;Jacobs 2003. …”
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