New Testament Families in Global Perspectives

Sung Uk Lim is Associate Professor of New Testament at Yonsei University, South Korea.Amy Lindeman Allen is Indiana Christian Church Associate Professor of New Testament at Christian Theological Seminary, USA.

• ForewordCarolyn OsiekIntroductionSung Uk Lim and Amy Lindeman AllenPart I: Gospels & Acts1. Family at the Crossroads: Reimagining Kinship in the Gospel of Matthew and African Cameroonian Contexts Alice Yafeh-Deigh, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA (USA) - Cameroon2. 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 CenturyJanine Luttick, Australia Catholic University, Strathfield, NSW, Australia3. A Colombian Rereading of Parents and Children in Mark’s Gospel through the Lens of Wartime ViolenceJuan Alberto Casas Ramírez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia4. Mothers and Their Children in the Gospel of LukeSharon Betsworth, Saint Paul School of Theology, St. Paul, MN (USA)5. Jesus’s Parenting across Boundaries in the Gospel of John: From Son to MotherSung Uk Lim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea6. Abuse, Agency, and Acts: Acts 16:16–24 and Child Labor in the United StatesAmy Lindeman Allen, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN (USA)Part II: Undisputed Pauline Letters7. New Testament Families, Domesticity, Domination, and Gender Jeremy Punt, Stellenbosch University, Pretoria, South Africa8. The Transcending Fatherhood of Abraham in Romans and Its Implications for South-East EuropeKsenija Magda, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia9. Legacy and Children in Paul’s Roman House Churches: A Global South Interpretation of Romans 8:12–27Israel Kamudzandu, Saint Paul School of Theology, Saint Paul, MN (USA) - Zimbabwe10. "What to Do with Unbelievers in the Family? Re-examining Paul’s Use of ?p?st?? in 1 Corinthians within the Context of Familial RelationshipsKar Yong Lim, Seminari Theoloji Malaysia, Seramban, Malaysia11. 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) – NigeriaPart III: Disputed Pauline Letters, Catholic Letters, and Revelation12. Confucian Familism in Dialogue with New Testament Household CodesShi-Min Lu, Global Enrichment Theological Seminary, Covina, CA (USA) - China13. The Submission of Wives in the Domestic Codes of Colossians, Ephesians, and 1 PeterMaría José Schultz Montalbetti, Universidad Catolica, Bilbao, Spain – Chile14. Birthing, Nursing, and Mothering Salvation: Metaphor and Reality in the Pastoral EpistlesAnna Rebecca Solevåg,VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway15. Absent Parents and Children: Missing Family in 1 Peter John W. Martens, Vancouver School of Theology, Vancouver, Canada16. 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 & Philippines17. Family in the Letters of John: Fellowship, Love, and BelongingRodolfo 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 ContextsJanet Okang, Drew University, Madison, NJ (USA) - GhanaConclusionSung Uk Lim and Amy Lindeman Allen