Putting Jesus in His Place: A Radical Vision of Household and Kingdom

by Halvor Moxnes

Overview

This is a study of the Historical Jesus that pays close attention to the role of space and place, from house to kingdom, for understanding Jesus' identity. Halvor Moxnes employs a sociological and anthropological approach that promises to give greater depth to our perceptions of Jesus.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664223106
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	11/30/2003
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Halvor Moxnes is Professor of New Testament at the University of Oslo in Norway. His publications include Constructing Early Christian Families, Mighty Minorities?, The Economy of the Kingdom, and Theology in Conflict.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	xi
Chapter 1	What Is in a Place?	1
	Placing the Book	2
	Time, Place, and Historical Jesus Studies	6
	What Is in a Place?	12
	Placing Jesus in the Gospels and in Galilee	17
	Outline of This Study	20
Chapter 2	Home Is the Beginning of Place: Jesus in the Context of House and Household	22
	Jesus--Man without Family?	23
	Home and the Modern Individual	25
	What Is Family?	28
	Jesus in a Household	29
	Jesus in "Ideal Domestic Space": The Cultural Construction of Families in the Infancy Narratives	32
	Galilean Houses and the Shape of Domestic Space	38
	House and Household in the Jesus Tradition	43
Chapter 3	Leaving Place: Farewell to Household	46
	Jesus in No-Place	49
	Called into Not-Yet Places	53
	Entering a New Household	59
	The Place of the Interpreter	64
	Jesus and the Challenge of Dislocation	67
Chapter 4	Leaving Male Space: Eunuchs in the Jesus Movement	72
	Unsettling a Male Space: Modern Interpretations of Matt. 19:12	74
	Asceticism as Male Space	76
	Eunuchs in Borderland	78
	The Masculine Ascetic in Early Christian Writers	80
	Jesus in Queer Space?	84
Chapter 5	Entering Queer Space	91
	Children, Barren Women, and Angels in the Kingdom	92
	Constructing a No-Man's Land	95
	Eating out of Place	101
	Where Is Queer Space?	104
Chapter 6	Kingdom Returns Home	108
	Kingdom as Imagined Place	108
	Kingdom Becomes Household	113
	A Return of Male Space?	121
	Conclusion	123
Chapter 7	The Power of Place: The Exorcist and His Kingdom	125
	Shamanism and Control of the Land	127
	Exorcisms and Accusations of Deviance	128
	Exorcisms and the Kingdom of God	130
	Q 11:15: The Challenge: Putting Jesus out of Place	131
	Q 11:17-18: Jesus' First Riposte: Satan's Rule as Kingdom and Household	132
	Q 11:19-20: Jesus' Second Riposte: Not Satan's but God's Kingdom	134
	Possessions and Exorcisms in Jesus' Galilee	136
	Conflict over Power: Jesus' Power from Below	138
	Conclusion	140
Chapter 8	Jesus, Household, and Kingdom in Galilee	142
	In the Shadow of the Galilean: Searching for Jesus in Galilee	143
	Creating Places, Controlling Spaces in Galilee: Herod Antipas vs. Jesus	147
	Herod Antipas and the Urbanization of Galilee	148
	Jesus and Conflicts in Households and Villages	151
	Jesus' Galilee: God's Household as Kingdom	154
	Abbreviations	158
	Notes	160
	Bibliography	195
	Index of Scripture and Ancient Sources	208
	Index of Authors	214
	Index of Subjects	219