Paul's ekklesia as a civic assembly
Subtitle: understanding the people of God in their politico-social world
By: Young-Ho Park
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 393; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 393.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Tübingen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9783161530609
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Bible; Begriff; Political and social views; Biblical teaching; Church; Ekklesia
Description: How did Paul's term ekklesia formulate the Christian self-understanding? Young-Ho Park finds the answer in its strong civic connotation in the politico-cultural world of the Greek East under the Roman Empire. By addressing his local Gentile congregation as ekklesia in his letters, Paul effectively created a symbolic universe in which the Christ-worshippers saw themselves as the honorable citizens who represented the city before God. (Publisher).
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The "ekklesia" in the Greco-Roman political world. The "ekklesia" in classical Athens; title: The "ekklesia" in the Hellenistic Period and the Early Empire; title: The "ekklesia" in the LXX and Second-Temple Judaism; title: Paul's use of "ekklesia". The present state of discussions; title: The five typical contexts for Paul's use of "ekklesia" - The problem of house churches; title: Jerusalem and the problem of the universal church; title: The emphasis of the city-wide church as Paul's prescription for the Corinthian conflict. Physical setting of the assembly; title: Critical questions about the social nature of the conflict; title: The problem of house churches in the Corinthian context; title: Paul's prescription for the disorder at the Lord's Supper; title: A remaining problem - the status of the house churches; title: Local diversity among the Pauline churches. Social history of the Pauline churches and the Corinthian church; title: The social strata of the Pauline churches; title: The social formation of the Thessalonian church; title: The social formation of Philippian church; title: Were the Macedonian churches voluntary associations? Later development : the churches with and without common funds; title: Conclusion.