Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviation List xv
5. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 3
6. CHAPTER TWO. Asceticism in Late Ancient Christianity 14
7. CHAPTER THREE. Reading in the Early Christian World 45
8. CHAPTER FOUR. The Profits and Perils of Figurative Exegesis 70
9. CHAPTER FIVE. Exegetical and Rhetorical Strategies for Ascetic Reading 104
10. CHAPTER SIX. Three Models of Reading Renunciation 153
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. From Reproduction to Defamilialization 177
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. From Ritual to Askēsis 204
13. CHAPTER NINE. The Exegesis of Divorce 233
14. CHAPTER TEN. I Corinthians 7 in Early Christian Exegesis 259
15. CHAPTER ELEVEN. From Paul to the Pastorals 330
16. Afterword 371
17. Bibliography 375
18. Select Index of Biblical Passages 401
19. Select General Index 409