Early Christian Families in Context: an Interdisciplinary Dialogue

Publisher Marketing: Divinity, religious studies, history, and other scholars present 17 contributions addressing the literary, archaeological, epigraphic, and theoretical issues relating to the familial roles of women, men, children, and slaves in the ancient Roman, Jewish, and Christian worlds. Annotation (c) Book New Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2004 pg. 16 (EAN 9780802839862, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Balch, David L David L. Balch is Professor of New Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including "Families in the New Testament World: Households and House Churches"; "Early Christian Families in Context"; and "Homosexuality, Science, and the "Plain Sense" of Scripture". Contributor Bio:  Osiek, Carolyn Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. She is a past president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America.