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Household Networks and Early Christian Economics: A Fresh Study of 1 Timothy 5.3–16

Barclay, J.

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1 Tim 5.3-16 defines which women may be registered for financial support at church expense. It is integrated around four ‘household rules’, but is not concerned to regulate an ‘order’ or ‘office’ of widows. Rather, it clarifies that the church should not supplant households in financial matters, and should be responsible only for destitute widows who have no other network support. Since χήρα can mean ‘woman without a man’, the instructions in 5.11-15 are best interpreted as directed against young women who have chosen celibacy. By contrast, the author conceives of the church as a network of Christian households connected by mutual economic support.

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Barclay, J. (2020). Household Networks and Early Christian Economics: A Fresh Study of 1 Timothy 5.3–16. New Testament Studies, 66(2), 268-287. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0028688519000456

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 24, 2019
Online Publication Date Feb 27, 2020
Publication Date Apr 30, 2020
Deposit Date Oct 3, 2019
Publicly Available Date Oct 3, 2019
Journal New Testament Studies
Print ISSN 0028-6885
Electronic ISSN 1469-8145
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 66
Issue 2
Pages 268-287
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0028688519000456

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