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 Handbook of Biblical Social Values Edited by John Pilch and Bruce Malina 
 Description From The Publisher: Handbook of Biblical Social Values explains the values that guided behavior in biblical times. Over 100 entries cover such topics as "altruism," "freedom," "family-centeredness," "obedience," "parenting," and "power." These entries, written by an array of experts in the social-scientific study of the Bible, focus on culture and personal relationships in the ancient Mediterranean world. This useful and accessible guide will illumine your understanding of the world and words of the Bible. It corrects common misinterpretations of social relationships in the Bible. How did the people of the biblical times view their families, their neighbors, and their world? What were their social obligations and standards? How are these ancient social values different from those of our modern Western culture? These questions and others are adderssed in this thought-provoking book. Handbook of Biblical Social Values, an updated edition of the popular Biblical Social Values and Their Meaning: A Handbook, features a new preface, additional articles, and updated bibliographical information.  Reader's Index Send us your favorite quotes or passages from this book. About the Author John J. Pilch, Ph.D., has been teaching Scripture in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., since 1993. He is a biblical scholar, international speaker, and author of books, articles, and multimedia resources. He also serves as book review editor for the Biblical Theology Bulletin. Bruce J. Malina is Professor of Biblical Studies at Creighton University. Internationally known for his work in New Testament social science criticism, he is the author of numerous books, including New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology and Windows on the World of Jesus: Time Travel to Ancient Judea. Table of Contents PREFACE TO THE UPDATED EDITION ABOUT THE AUTHORS CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION Activeness/Passiveness Agonistic Society Agrarian Society Almsgiving Allegiance Altruism Assertiveness Attachment Authoritarianism Belief Change/Novelty Orientation Charity Clothing Communicativeness Compassion Compliance Conversion Cooperativeness Curiosity Deception Defeat Domination Orientation Dramatic Orientation Dyadism Emotion/Demonstration of Feelings End Orientation Envy Equality Equivocation Evil Exaggeration Exorcism Eyes-Heart Faith/Faithfulness Family-Centeredness Fate Favor Feast Fidelity First-Last Freedom Grace/Favor Gratitude Group Orientation Hands-Feet Healing Heart-Eyes Holy/Holiness Honor/Shame Hope Hospitality Humility Hypocrisy Idealism Individualism Introspection Jealousy Justice Law-Mindedness Likability Limited Good Love Loyalty Manliness Meekness Mercy Mirth Mouth-Ears Nudity Obedience Ordering Over-Assertion Pain Parenting Patience Patronage Peasant Pity Power Progress Orientation Prominence Purity Purposiveness/End Orientation Relatedness Reliability Resignation Secrecy Self-Sacrafice Self-Sfficiency Service Shame Sin Soul Steadfast Love Submission Thrift Time Orientation Torah Orientation Tradition Trust Wholeness Worshipfulness Zeal/Jealousy Index of Ancient Sources Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject  History
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