Deacons and diakonia in early Christianity: the first two centuries
Cover -- Titel -- Munib Younan: Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Bart J. Koet, Edwina Murphy and Esko Ryökäs: Assessing the Role and Function of an Assistant: The Deacon in the First Two Centuries of Christianity -- 1. How Important is the Second Leader? -- 2. Deacons and Deaconesses in the T...
| Summary: | Cover -- Titel -- Munib Younan: Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- Bart J. Koet, Edwina Murphy and Esko Ryökäs: Assessing the Role and Function of an Assistant: The Deacon in the First Two Centuries of Christianity -- 1. How Important is the Second Leader? -- 2. Deacons and Deaconesses in the Twenty-First Century: Differences and Common Roots? -- 3. The Need for Further Research Due to New Philological Ideas -- 4. The Aim of This Collection -- 5. New Life from Old Texts -- Biblical Sources -- Peter-Ben Smit: Exegetical Notes on Mark 10:42-45: Who Serves Whom? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From the Old to the New Consensus -- 3. Narrative and Contextual Observations -- 4. Who is a Διάκονος to Whom? -- 5. Conclusion -- John N. Collins: The Rhetorical Value of Διακον- in Matthew 25:44 -- 1. Translating the Διακον- Verb -- 2. Διακον- among Other Verbs -- 3. The Διακον- Verb and the Modern Tradition of Diakonia -- 4. Disrupting the Consensus on Diakonia -- 5. Among "the Great Ones" -- 6. The Diakonia of "the Accursed" -- 7. Conclusion: Diakonia and Diakonie -- Bart J. Koet: Luke 10:38-42 and Acts 6:1-7: A Lukan Diptych on Διακονία -- 1. Lexicography -- 2. Acts 6:1-7 as a Narrative about Ministry of the Word within the Book of Acts -- 3. Luke 10:38-42 -- 4. Acts 6:1-7 as a Narrative about Ministry of the Word in Light of Luke 10:38-42 -- 5. Conclusion: Learning and Doing in Rabbinic Judaism -- Bart J. Koet: Like a Royal Wedding: On the Significance of Diakonos in John 2:1-11 -- 1. John 2:1-11 in Short -- 2. Are the Diakonoi in John 2:1-11 Humble Slaves? -- 3. Is the Diakonos a Slave? -- 4. The Diakonoi in John 2:1-11 -- 5. The Diakonoi of John 2 in the Church Fathers -- 6. Conclusion -- Joke H. A. Brinkhof: Philip, One of the Seven in Acts (6:1-6 -- 8:4-40 -- 21:8) -- 1. Seven Men Chosen -- 2. Focus on Stephen and Philip -- 3. Stephen -- 4. Philip. |
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| ISBN: | 3161566475 |