num_pages: 320
description: What was it like to be an ordinary Christian in the beginning decades of the Roman Empire? In this absorbing and authoritative book, 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.
language: English
title: The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul
titlecomplete: The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul
genres: Cultural, Religion, Reference, New Testament, Nonfiction, Theology, Church History, Sociology, History, Christianity
ratings_count: 281
publisher: Yale University Press