The people beside Paul
Subtitle: the Philippian assembly and history from below
By: edited by Joseph A. Marchal
Series: Society of Biblical Literature. Early Christianity and its literature -- number 17; Early Christianity and its literature -- no. 17.
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781628370966; 9781628370980; 9781628370973
Subjects: Bible; Christ; Criticism, interpretation; Kirchengemeinde; Bibel; Civilization; Church history
Description: "This volume brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars with a broad range of expertise and a common interest: Philippi in antiquity." -- Back cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-328) and index.
Table of contents: title: Philippian (pre)occupations and peopling possibilities: an introduction  -- Joseph A. Marchal; title: Priestesses and other female cult leaders at Philippi in the early Christian era  -- Valerie Abrahamsen; title: The economic situation of the Philippian Christians  -- Peter Oakes; title: Collaboration of "Samothrakiasts" and Christians in Philippi  -- Eduard Verhoef; title: Response: broadening the socioeconomic and religious context at Philippi  -- Richard S. Ascough; title: Letter from prison as hidden transcript: what it tells us about the people at Philippi  -- Angela Standhartinger; title: Slaves as wo/men and unmen: reflecting upon Euodia, Syntyche, and Epaphroditus in Philippi  -- Joseph A. Marchal; title: Response  -- Antoinette Clark Wire; title: Out-howling the cynics: reconceptualizing the concerns of Paul's audience from his polemic in Philippians 3  -- Mark D. Nanos; title: An alternative community and an oral encomium: traces of the people in Philippi  -- Robert L. Brawley; title: Determining what is best: the campaign for fair food and the nascent assembly in Philippi  -- Noelle Damico and Gerardo Reyes Chavez; title: Response: a component community of an alternative society -- Richard A. Horsley.