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050 0 0 _aBV637
_b.F57 2015
245 0 4 _aThe first urban churches /
_cedited by James R. Harrison and L.L. Welborn.
260 _aAtlanta, GA :
_bSBL Press,
_cc2015-
300 _avolumes <1-4> :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
490 0 _aSociety of Biblical Literature. Writings from the Greco-Roman world supplement series ;
_vnumber 7, 8, 9
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505 0 0 _gv.1.
_tMethodological foundations.
_tThe first urban churches : introduction /
_rJames R. Harrison.
_tAssessing the potential of archaeological discoveries for the interpretation of New Testament texts : the case of a gladiator fragment from Colossae and the letter to the Colossians /
_rAlan Cadwallader --
_tThe city in Roman Egypt : the evidence of the papyri /
_rMalcom Choat --
_tEpigraphy and the study of Polis and Ekklēsia in the Greco-Roman world /
_rPaul Trebilco --
_tGaia, Polis, and Ekklēsia at the Miletus Market Gate : an eco-critical reimagination of Revelation 12:16 /
_rBrigitte Kahl --
_tCoinage and colonial identity : Corinthian numismatics and the Corinthian correspondence /
_rBradley J. Bitner --
_tThe Polis and the poor : reconstructing social relations from different genres of evidence /
_rL.L. Welborn --
_tMethodological considerations in using epigraphic evidence to determine the socioeconomic context of the early Christians /
_rJulien M. Ogereau --
_tUrban portraits of the "barbarians" on the fringes of the Roman Empire : the archaeological numismatic, epigraphic, and iconographic evidence /
_rJames R. Harrison --
505 0 0 _gv.2.
_tRoman Corinth.
_gIntroduction:
_tExcavating the urban life of Roman Corinth /
_rJames R. Harrison --
_tInequality in Roman Corinth : evidence from diverse sources evaluated by a neo-Ricardian model /
_rL.L. Wellborn --
_tNegotiating multiple modes of religion and identity in Roman Corinth /
_rCavan Concannon --
_tBetween polis, oikos, and ekklesia : the challenge of negotiating the spirit world (1 Cor. 12:1-11) /
_rKathy Ehrensperger --
_tBrother against brother : controversiae about inheritance disputes and 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 /
_rMichael Peppard --
_tThe changing rural horizons of Corinth's first urban Christians /
_rDavid K. Pettegrew --
_tMixed-language inscribing at Roman Corinth /
_rBradley J. Bitner --
_t"The God of this age" (2 Cor 4:4) and Paul's empire-resisting Gospel at Corinth /
_rFredrick J. Long --
_tPaul and the Agōnothetai at Corinth : engaging the civic values of antiquity /
_rJames R. Harrison --
505 0 0 _gv.3.
_tEphesus.
_tAn epigraphic portrait of Ephesus and its villages /
_rJames R. Harrison --
_tAn Ephesian tale : mystery cults, reverse theological engineering, and the triumph of Christianity in Ephesus /
_rGuy MacLean Rogers --
_tThe Jewish community in Ephesus and its interaction with Christ-believers in the first century CE and beyond /
_rPaul Trebilco --
_tAcclaiming Artemis in Ephesus : political theologies in Acts 19 /
_rBradley J. Bitner --
_tThe gladiator graveyard of Ephesus as evidence for the study of martyrdom /
_rMikael Haxby --
_t[Ekklasia] in Ephesians as godlike in the heavens, in temple, in [gamos], and in armor : idealogy and iconography in Ephesus /
_rFredrick J. Long --
_tFrom Zeus or by Endoios? : Acts 19:35 as a peculiar assessment of the Ephesian Artemis /
_rStephan Witetschek --
_tEphesian cultic officials, their benefactors, and the quest for civic virtue : Paul's alternative quest for status in the epistle to the Ephesians /
_rJames R. Harrison --
_tEphesus and the numismatic background to [neokoros] /
_rMichael P. Theophilos.
505 0 0 _gv.4
_tRoman Philippi
_tExcavating the urban and country life of Roman Philippi /
_rJames R. Harrisson
_tRooted in heaven and resident in Philippi, but no έϰϰλησία?
_rKathy Ehrensperger
_tThe social constituency and membership of the first Christian groups at Philippi: a literary and epigraphic survey /
_rJulien M. Ogereau
_tVindolanda tablet 2.154, RPC 1651, and the provenance of Philippians /
_rPaul A. Holloway
_tPolis and Ekklēsia at Philippi: a response to Kathy Ehrensperger, Paul Holloway, and Julien Ogereau /
_rAngela Standhartinger
_tFirst-century Philippi: contextualizing Paul's visit /
_rCédric Brélaz
_tDid the Philippian Christ group know it was a "missionary" society? /
_rRichard S. Ascough
_tThe imperial authorities in Paul's letter to predominantly Greek hearers in the Roman colony of Philippi /
_rPeter Oakes
_t"Every knee bowed": Jesus Christ as reigning Lord over "the heavenly, the earthly, and the subterranean gods" (Philippians 2:10) /
_rFredrick J. Long and Ryan Kristopher Giffin
_tRivals, opponents, and enemies: three kinds of theological argumentation in Philippians /
_rSamuel Vollenweider
_tFrom Rome to the colony of Philippi: Roman boasting in Philippians 3:4-6 in its Latin west and Philippian epigraphic context /
_rJames R. Harrison
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aCity churches.
650 0 _aChurch history
_yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
650 0 _aCities and towns
_xReligious aspects
_xChristianity.
700 1 _aHarrison, James R.,
_d1952-
_eeditor.
700 1 _aWelborn, L. L.,
_d1953-
_eeditor.
776 0 8 _iElectronic version:
_g[volume] 1
_tMethodological foundations
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