The Social Setting Of Pauline Christianity

Author : Gerd Theissen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1592448712
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity written by Gerd Theissen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-09-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent emphasis on the social matrix out of which the early church's documents arose marks a notable turn in the path of contemporary New Testament studies. Although the terms, goals, and procedures of scholars vary considerably, there is widespread agreement that much of the interesting and innovative work in the field is that of Gerd Theissen. Four of his most formidable and sustained contributions treat Paul's correspondence with the Christian community at Corinth. Together these four essays provide a composite picture of the social stratification at this ancient urban center and of the concrete organizational and ethical problems that that stratification engendered for the Christians' common life. A fifth essay helps to focus the critical questions of methodology that arise whenever one approaches ancient religious texts for information on issues which to the texts themselves are of peripheral concern. A lucid introduction by the translator and a helpful bibliography of the author's major writings round out this significant exploration and interpretation of the social world of early Christianity.

Author : Todd D. Still
Publisher : T&T Clark
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After the First Urban Christians written by Todd D. Still and published by T&T Clark. This book was released on 2009-11-13 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'After the First Urban Christians' introduces the groundbreaking volume 'The First Urban Christians' to a new generation of students, scholars, and even general readers.

Author : Edward Adams
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664224783
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christianity at Corinth written by Edward Adams and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Corinthians provides a unique glimpse info the life of a young Christian community in a Greco-Roman environment during the early decades of emerging Christianity. It supplies a range and richness of information about the early church that is unparalleled by any other New Testament document. Much effort has gone into reconstructing Christianity at Corinth; more recently, attention has focused on the Corinthian community itself. The scholarly picture of the Corinthian Christians throughout the period of modern interpretation has been far from constant, and their profile has altered as interpretive fashions have shifted. This collection of classic and new essays charts the history of the scholarly quest for the Corinthian church from F. C. Baur to the present day, and offers the reflections of leading scholars on where the quest has taken us and its future direction.

Author : Stephen Westerholm
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118724062
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Blackwell Companion to Paul written by Stephen Westerholm and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blackwell Companion to Paul presents a distinctive dual focus approach that encompasses both the historical Paul and the history of Paul's influence. In doing so, expert contributors successfully address the interests of students of early Christianity and those of Christian theology. Offers a complete overview of the life, writings and legacy of one of the key figures of Christianity The essays compass the major themes of Paul's life and work, as well as his impact through the centuries on theology, Church teaching, social beliefs, art, literature, and contemporary intellectual thought Edited by one of the leading figures in the field of Pauline Studies The contributors include a range of world-renowned academics

Author : Carolyn Osiek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What are They Saying about the Social Setting of the New Testament? written by Carolyn Osiek and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clarke
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004332715
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secular and Christian Leadership in Corinth written by Clarke and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the influences of first century Corinthian secular leadership on local church leadership as reflected in 1 Corinthians 1-6. It then shows how Paul modifies the Corinthian understanding of church leadership. By comparing secular leadership in first century Corinthian society with leadership in the Corinthian church, it has been argued that one of Paul's major concerns with the church in Corinth is the extent to which significant members in the church were employing secular categories and perceptions of leadership in the Christian community. This volume has adopted the method of assessing the New Testament evidence in the light of its social and historical background. Both literary and non-literary sources, rather than modern sociological models, were employed in making the comparison.

Author : Stephen R. Haynes
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664257842
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Each Its Own Meaning written by Stephen R. Haynes and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces the reader to the most important methods of biblical criticism. It serves as an indispensable handbook for the work of students approaching biblical studies for the first time and for the professional interpreter of scripture who wants to understand the latest currents in biblical scholarship.

Author : Harry O. Maier
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 088920411X
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Setting of the Ministry as Reflected in the Writings of Hermas, Clement and Ignatius written by Harry O. Maier and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2002-11-08 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociological models and types are employed to analyze the tensions that arose from excesses of patronage and leadership by the well-to-do."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Margaret Y. MacDonald
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521616058
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pauline Churches written by Margaret Y. MacDonald and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author claims that development can be traced since we have not only letters from Paul himself, but also the Pastoral epistles from the beginning of the second century, as well as Ephesians and Colossians, writings which are characteristic of the ambiguous period following the disappearance of the earliest authorities.

Author : Harry O. Maier
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889207178
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Setting of the Ministry as Reflected in the Writings of Hermas, Clement and Ignatius written by Harry O. Maier and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focussing on three first- and early-second-century documents (the Shepherd of Hermas, 1 Clement and the Ignatian epistles), this work contributes to a growing body of literature concerned with the social setting of early Christianity. Maier argues that the development of structures of leadership in the early Christian church is best accounted for by reference to the hospitality, patronage, and leadership of wealthy hosts who invited local Christian groups to meet in their homes. Sociological models and types are employed to analyze the tensions that arose from excesses of patronage and leadership by the well-to-do. Recognizing the socio-economic setting of these conflicts corrects the interpretation of early Christian conflicts over the ministry as purely theological and doctrinali.