Asceticism and the New Testament

Minor rubbing, light cover & page-edge soil, VG. Biblical Exegesis Routledge New York / London (1999) orig.cloth 24x15cm, xii, 444 pp. Contains 24 papers. Includes: A.J. Saldarini "Asceticism & the Gospel of Matthew"; M.A. Tolbert "Asceticism & Mark's Gospel"; S.J. Patterson " Askesis & the Early Jesus Tradition"; S.R. Garrett "Beloved Physician of the Soul? Luke as Advocate for Ascetic Practice"; A. Smith " 'Full of Spirit & Wisdom': Luke's Portrait of Stephen (Acts 6:1-8:1a) as a Man of Self-Mastery"; T.K. Seim "Children of the Resurrection: Perspectives on Angelic Asceticism in Luke-Acts"; D. Rensberger "Asceticism & the Gospel of John"; J.S. Kloppenborg "Making Sense of Difference: Asceticism, Gospel Literature, & the Jesus Tradition"; R.F. Hock "God's Will at Thessalonica &Greco-Roman Asceticism"; E.A. Castelli "Disciplines of Difference: Asceticism & History in Paul"; R. Scroggs "Paul the Prisoner: Political Asceticism in the Letter to the Philippians"; R. Valantasis "Competing Ascetic Subjectivities in the Letter to the Galatians"; M.Y. MacDonald " Citizens of Heaven & Earth: Asceticism & Social Integration in Colossians &Ephesians"; W. Love "Where Is 'The World' Headed?: Irony, World Renunciation, & the Pauline Corpus": P. Eisenbaum "The Virtue of Suffering,the Necessity of Discipline, & the Pursuit of Perfection in Hebrews"; A. Batten "An Asceticism of Resistance in James"; W, Klassen "The Ascetic Way:Reflections on Peace, Justice, & Vengeance in the Apocalypse of John"; etc.