LEADER 00000cam a2200709Ki 4500 001 ocm00000930 003 OCoLC 005 20200110050813.2 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 150115s2015 nyu o 001 0 eng d 015 GBB6I6087|2bnb 016 7 017971790|2Uk 020 9780567657251|qelectronic book 020 0567657256|qelectronic book 020 |z9780567235466 020 |z0567235467 020 9780567657350 020 0567657353 035 (OCoLC)900193930 037 9780567657350|bCodeMantra 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dOCLCF|dYDXCP|dOCLCA|dUKMGB 049 RIDW 050 4 BS2446|b.B48 2015eb 072 7 REL|x006220|2bisacsh 082 04 225.8/30523|223 084 REL006710|aREL006080|aHIS002000|2bisacsh 090 BS2446|b.B48 2015eb 100 1 Betsworth, Sharon.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ nb2010026053 245 10 Children in early Christian narratives /|cSharon Betsworth. 264 1 New York :|bBloomsbury T&T Clark,|c2015. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 505 8 Machine generated contents note: -- ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsChapter 1 -- IntroductionChapter 2 -- Children in the Ancient Mediterranean ContextChapter 3 -- The Reign of God is Such as These: Children in the Gospel of MarkChapter 4 -- Jesus and the Child in the Gospel of MatthewChapter 5 -- Jesus (and) the Only Child in the Gospel of LukeChapter 6 -- Logos and Life: Children in the Gospel of JohnChapter 7 -- Jesus as a Child: The Infancy Gospel of Thomas Chapter 8 - - Mary as a Child: The Protevangelium of JamesChapter 9 -- ConclusionsBibliographyIndex. 520 "Sharon Betsworth examines the narratives, parables, and teachings of and about children in the gospels and the literature of Early Christianity. Betsworth begins with a discussion of the social-historical context of children and childhood in the first century before discussing the role of children in all four gospels. She shows that for Mark and Matthew, children are integral to understanding each evangelist's perspective on the reign of God and on Jesus' identity in each Gospel. In the Gospel of Luke the childhood of Jesus is shown to be crucial to the broader themes of the Gospel. In the Gospel of John, Betsworth examines the metaphorical use of the word 'children' looking at 'children of light' and of 'darkness'. She then explores stories of Jesus' childhood in the non-canonical Infancy Gospels of James and Thomas, as well as the childhood of his mother, Mary in the latter shedding light upon views of children, discipleship, and the person of Jesus in early Christianity and in the ancient world more generally"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 630 00 Bible.|pGospels|xCriticism, interpretation, etc.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013760 630 00 Bible.|pApocrypha|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/ n81065639|xCriticism, interpretation, etc.|0https:// id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004866 630 7 Bible.|pGospels.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1808065 630 7 Bible.|pApocrypha.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1808005 630 07 Bible.|pApocrypha.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1808005 630 07 Bible.|pGospels.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/ 1808065 650 0 Children in the Bible.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/ subjects/sh85023538 650 0 Children|xBiblical teaching.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85023422 650 7 Children in the Bible.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /855261 650 7 Children|xBiblical teaching.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/854847 650 7 Children.|2homoit|0https://homosaurus.org/v3/homoit0000255 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Criticism, interpretation, etc.|2fast|0https:// id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 776 08 |iPrint version:|aBetsworth, Sharon.|tChildren in early Christian narratives|z9780567235466|w(DLC) 2014030476 |w(OCoLC)893202651 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=939840|zOnline eBook via EBSCO. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook|uhttp://guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d20200122|cEBSCO|tEBSCOebooksacademic NEW 12-21,1-17 11948|lridw 994 92|bRID