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New Testament Families in Global Perspectives

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New Testament Families in Global Perspectives

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This volume challenges the myth of the nuclear family and opens up a richer, more diverse conversation. Across its chapters, contributors explore how biblical texts reflect a wide range of family structures, shaped by the ancient societies from which they emerged and resonating with global cultures today. Rather than reinforcing a single model, the volume celebrates the multivocality of family in scripture.

As traditional notions of family shift worldwide, this book equips scholars, students, and readers to rethink how family is portrayed and understood in New Testament texts. Each essay interrogates critical assumptions and offers fresh perspectives on kinship, community, and belonging-making this a timely and relevant resource for anyone engaging with biblical studies in a global context.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Carolyn Osiek

Introduction
Sung Uk Lim and Amy Lindeman Allen

Part I: Gospels & Acts

1. Family at the Crossroads: Reimagining Kinship in the Gospel of Matthew and African Cameroonian Contexts
Alice Yafeh-Deigh, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA (USA) - Cameroon

2. The Image of the Silent Child in Mark 5:21-24, 35-43: Interpreting the Trauma of Jairus's Daughter and Family for the Twenty-first Century
Janine Luttick, Australia Catholic University, Strathfield, NSW, Australia

3. A Colombian Rereading of Parents and Children in Mark's Gospel through the Lens of Wartime Violence
Juan Alberto Casas Ramírez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

4. Mothers and Their Children in the Gospel of Luke
Sharon Betsworth, Saint Paul School of Theology, St. Paul, MN (USA)

5. Jesus's Parenting across Boundaries in the Gospel of John: From Son to Mother
Sung Uk Lim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

6. Abuse, Agency, and Acts: Acts 16:16–24 and Child Labor in the United States
Amy Lindeman Allen, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN (USA)

Part II: Undisputed Pauline Letters

7. New Testament Families, Domesticity, Domination, and Gender
Jeremy Punt, Stellenbosch University, Pretoria, South Africa

8. The Transcending Fatherhood of Abraham in Romans and Its Implications for South-East Europe
Ksenija Magda, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

9. Legacy and Children in Paul's Roman House Churches: A Global South Interpretation of Romans 8:12–27
Israel Kamudzandu, Saint Paul School of Theology, Saint Paul, MN (USA) - Zimbabwe

10. "What to Do with Unbelievers in the Family? Re-examining Paul's Use of ?p?st?? in 1 Corinthians within the Context of Familial Relationships
Kar Yong Lim, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, Seramban, Malaysia

11. Laboring Under the Grace of God within the Household: The Children, Slaves, and Women in II Corinthians 6:1-12
Bunmi Adegbola, Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, IA (USA) – Nigeria

Part III: Disputed Pauline Letters, Catholic Letters, and Revelation

12. Confucian Familism in Dialogue with New Testament Household Codes
Shi-Min Lu, Global Enrichment Theological Seminary, Covina, CA (USA) - China

13. The Submission of Wives in the Domestic Codes of Colossians, Ephesians, and 1 Peter
María José Schultz Montalbetti, Universidad Catolica, Bilbao, Spain – Chile

14. Birthing, Nursing, and Mothering Salvation: Metaphor and Reality in the Pastoral Epistles
Anna Rebecca Solevåg,VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway

15. Absent Parents and Children: Missing Family in 1 Peter
John W. Martens, Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver, Canada

16. Once a Beloved, Now a Condemned: 2 Peter and the Family of Horrors
Dong Hyeon Jeong, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL (USA) – South Korea & Philippines

17. Family in the Letters of John: Fellowship, Love, and Belonging
Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III, Johannine Epistles, Vanguard University, Costa Mesa, CA (USA)

18.The “Motherless” Child in Revelation 12:1–6: Empire, Abduction, and Reimagining Family Separation in African Contexts
Janet Okang, Drew University, Madison, NJ (USA) - Ghana

Conclusion
Sung Uk Lim and Amy Lindeman Allen

Product details

Published 04 Feb 2027
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 352
ISBN 9780567718181
Imprint T&T Clark
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Sung Uk Lim

Sung Uk Lim is Associate Professor of New Testamen…

Anthology Editor

Amy Lindeman Allen

Amy Lindeman Allen is Indiana Christian Church Ass…

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