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The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul
Wayne A. Meeks
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In this classic work, Wayne A. Meeks analyzes the earliest extant documents of Christianity—the letters of Paul—to describe the tensions and the texture of life of the first urban Christians. In a new introduction, he describes the evolution of the field of New Testament scholarship over the past twenty years, including new developments in fields such as archaeology and social history.
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Cover
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CONTENTS
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
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PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION
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Why a Social Description of Early Christianity?
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Some Objections
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Pauline Christianity
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1. The Urban Environment of Pauline Christianity
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Paul and the City
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From Village to City
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From Polis to Empire
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The People of the City
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City versus Country
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Cosmopolis
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Mobility
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Women in the Greco-Roman City
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Connections
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Urban Judaism and Pauline Christianity
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The Cities of Pauline Christianity
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2. THE SOCIAL LEVEL OF PAULINE CHRISTIANS
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"Proletarians" or "Middle Class"?
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Measuring Social Stratification
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Prosopographic Evidence
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Indirect Evidence
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Mixed Strata, Ambiguous Status
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3. THE FORMATION OF THE EKKLĒSIA
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Models from the Environment
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The Fellowship and Its Boundaries
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A Worldwide People
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4. GOVERNANCE
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Dealing with Conflict
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Inferences
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5. RITUAL
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Minor Rituals
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Baptism: Ritual of Initiation
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The Lord's Supper: Ritual of Solidarity
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Unkown and Controverted Rituals
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6. PATTERNS OF BELIEF AND PATTERNS OF LIFE
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One God, One Lord, One Body
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Apocalyptic and the Management of Innovation
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The Crucified Messiah
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Evil and Its Reversal
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Correlations
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
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NOTES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SECONDARY WORKS CITED
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SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES
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INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
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Citable Link
Published: 1993
Publisher: Yale University Press
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