deSilva David A. - Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity

Other Books by David deSilva

Seeing Things Johns Way

Sacramental Life

4 Maccabees: Introduction and Commentary

An Introduction to the New Testament

Perseverance in Gratitude

Paul and the Macedonians

Praying with John Wesley

New Testament Themes

The Hope of Glory

Despising Shame

HONOR, PATRONAGE,
KINSHIP & PURITY

Unlocking
New Testament
Culture

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2000 by David A. deSilva

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Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. and are used by permission.

Chapters three and four were published previously as Patronage and Reciprocity: The Context of Grace in the New Testament, Ashland Theological Journal 31 (1999): 32-84, and are reprinted by permission.

Cover illustration: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, N.Y.

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To the faculty and administration
of Ashland Theological Seminary,
men and women after Gods own heart
whom Im favored to call friends