Despising shame : honor discourse and community maintenance in the Epistle to the Hebrews / [print]
David Arthur deSilva.
- revisedition. edition.
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, (c)2008.
- xxxvii, 387 pages ; 23 cm.
- Society of Biblical Literature studies in biblical literature ; no. 21 .
Preface to the revised edition -- Hebrews and honor cultures -- Honor, shame, and dominant cultural rhetoric -- Honor, shame and the rhetoric of minority cultures -- Despising shame : counter definitions of the honorable and disgraceful in Hebrews -- Exchanging favor for wrath : the danger of dishonoring God -- The construction of an alternate court of reputation -- Conclusions.