Contagious holiness : Jesus' meals with sinners /
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| Author / Creator: | Blomberg, Craig L., 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Leicester, England : Apollos ; Downers Grover, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2005. |
| Description: | 216 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New studies in biblical theology ; 19 New studies in biblical theology (InterVarsity Press) ; 19. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5747725 |
Table of Contents:
- Series preface
- Author's preface
- Abbreviations
- 1. The current debate: 'Sinners who need no repentance' and Did Jesus really eat with the wicked?
- 2. Forming friendships but evading enemies: Meals in the Old Testament
- The Pentateuch
- The historical books
- The wisdom literature
- The prophets
- Conclusion
- 3. Contagious impurity: Intertestamental developments
- Old Testament Apocrypha
- The pseudepigrapha
- Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Greco-Roman symposia
- Conclusions
- 4. Jesus the consummate party animal?: Jesus' eating with sinners in the Gospels I: Material not distinctive to Luke
- Levi's party: Mark 2:13-17 and parallels
- Feasting in the wilderness: Mark 6:30-44 and parallels
- A repeat miracle: Mark 8:1-10 and parallel
- How not to win friends and influence people: Matthew 8:11-12 and parallel
- A glutton and a drunkard: Matthew 11:19 and parallel
- Tax collectors and prostitutes: Matthew 21:31-32
- The joy of new wine: John 2:1-11
- A meal of reinstatement: John 21:1-14
- Summary and conclusion
- 5. Pervasive purity: Jesus' eating with sinners in the Gospels II: Material distinctive to Luke
- Introduction
- A 'sinner in the city': Luke 7:36-50
- Hospitality versus holiness: Luke 10:38-42
- A meal turned sour: Luke 11:37-54
- A cagey host and a rude guest: Luke 14:1-24
- A scandalous summary: Luke 15:1-32
- Zacchaeus short-changed? Luke 19:1-10
- Cleopas and company: Luke 24:13-35
- Summary and conclusion
- 6. The potential of contemporary Christian meals: Conclusions and applications
- Summary
- Applications
- Bibliography
- Index of modern authors
- Index of Scripture references
- Index of ancient sources