{"product_id":"reading-renunciation-9780691005126","title":"Reading Renunciation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA study of how asceticism was promoted through Biblical interpretation, this work uses contemporary literary theory to unravel the writing strategies of the early Christian authors. It presents an examination of how the fathers' axiology of abstinence informed their interpretation of Scriptural texts and incited the production of ascetic meaning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a magisterial work... Reading Renunciation will stand the test of scholarly time and remain an essential work in the long tradition of patristic exegesis.\"--Richard Valantasis, Journal of Religion \"[A] scholarly, conscientious and provoking study\"--Philip Rousseau, Journal of Ecclesiastical History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi  Abbreviation List xv  CHAPTER ONE Introduction 3  CHAPTER TWO Asceticism in Late Ancient Christianity 14  Reading for Asceticism   CHAPTER THREE Reading in the Early Christian World 45  CHAPTER FOUR The Profits and Perils of Figurative Exegesis 70  CHAPTER FIVE Exegetical and Rhetorical Strategies for Ascetic Reading 104  CHAPTER SIX Three Models of Reading Renunciation 153  Rejection and Recuperation: The Old Dispensation and the New   CHAPTER SEVEN From Reproduction to Defamilialization 177  CHAPTER EIGHT From Ritual to Askesis 204  CHAPTER NINE The Exegesis of Divorce 233  Reading Paul   CHAPTER TEN I Corinthians 7 in Early Christian Exegesis 259  CHAPTER ELEVEN From Paul to the Pastorals 330  Afterword 371  Bibliograpky 375  Select Index of Biblical Passages 401  Select General Index 409","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403668627799,"sku":"9780691005126","price":46.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691005126.jpg?v=1730484203","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reading-renunciation-9780691005126","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}