| Description |
xii, 175 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-164) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Whither social-scientific approaches to New Testament interpretation? Reflections on contested methodologies and the future / David G. Horrell -- Contours of the urban environment / Peter Oakes -- Socio-economic profiling of the first urban Christians / Bruce W. Longenecker -- First-century models for Paul's churches: selected scholarly developments since Meeks / Edward Adams -- Organizational structures and relational struggles among the saints: the establishment and exercise of authority within Pauline assemblies / Todd D. Still -- Ritual and the first urban Christians: boundary crossings of life and death / Louise J. Lawrence -- Patterns of belief and patterns of life: correlations in The first urban Christians and since / Dale B. Martin -- Taking stock and moving on / Wayne A. Meeks. |
| Summary |
'After the First Urban Christians' introduces the groundbreaking volume 'The First Urban Christians' to a new generation of students, scholars, and even general readers. |
| Subject |
Meeks, Wayne A. First urban Christians.
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Bible. Epistles of Paul -- Theology.
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| Added Author |
Still, Todd D.
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Horrell, David G.
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| ISBN |
9780567427748 (hbk.) |
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0567427749 (hbk.) |
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9780567219671 (pbk.) |
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0567219674 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000045281298 |
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