CHAPTER SIX Allegiance to the "True Father": Kinship Metaphors as Border Discourse

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION Origin Stories as Authorizing Discourse 1
6. CHAPTER ONE Tracing Procreation: The Origins of Origin Stories 21
7. CHAPTER TWO The Social Force of Metaphors for Procreation 32
8. CHAPTER THREE Sowing Knowledge: Procreation and Pedagogy 50
9. CHAPTER FOUR Defending Teaching Methods with Procreative Language 69
10. CHAPTER FIVE "Few Are Like Their Fathers": The Rhetoric of Genealogy and Intra-Christian Polemic 79
11. CHAPTER SIX Allegiance to the "True Father": Kinship Metaphors as Border Discourse 95
12. CHAPTER SEVEN A Rhetoric of Christian Unity: Christians as Children of the Father of All 107
13. CHAPTER EIGHT Paideia and the Paidagōgos 119
14. CHAPTER NINE Perfect Children: Drinking the Logos-Milk of Christ 131
15. CHAPTER TEN "The Milk of the Father": "Only Those Who Suckle This Breast Are Truly Blessed" 149
16. CONCLUSION Reflections on the Future of Origin Stories 180
17. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 185
18. INDEX OF ANCIENT PASSAGES CITED 205
19. GENERAL INDEX 215