The first urban churches / edited by James R. Harrison and L.L. Welborn.
Series: Society of Biblical Literature. Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series ; number 8, Publication details: Atlanta : SBL Press, c2016.Description: xvi 353p. : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781628371024
- 1628371021
- 9781628371031
- 162837103X
- 9781628371048
- 9780884141112
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BSOP Library | GC | BV637 F51 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | v.II | Available | 00057953 |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
v.2. Roman Corinth. Introduction: Excavating the urban life of Roman Corinth / James R. Harrison -- Inequality in Roman Corinth : evidence from diverse sources evaluated by a neo-Ricardian model / L.L. Wellborn -- Negotiating multiple modes of religion and identity in Roman Corinth / Cavan Concannon -- Between polis, oikos, and ekklesia : the challenge of negotiating the spirit world (1 Cor. 12:1-11) / Kathy Ehrensperger -- Brother against brother : controversiae about inheritance disputes and 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 / Michael Peppard -- The changing rural horizons of Corinth's first urban Christians / David K. Pettegrew -- Mixed-language inscribing at Roman Corinth / Bradley J. Bitner -- "The God of this age" (2 Cor 4:4) and Paul's empire-resisting Gospel at Corinth / Fredrick J. Long -- Paul and the Agōnothetai at Corinth : engaging the civic values of antiquity / James R. Harrison --
This collection of essays examines the urban context of early Christian churches in the first-century Roman world. A city-by-city investigation of the early churches in the New Testament clarifies the challenges, threats, and opportunities that urban living provided for early Christians. Readers will come away with a better understanding of how scholars assemble an accurate picture of the cities in which the first Christians flourished--Publisher's website.
