The First Urban Christians
Subtitle: The Social World of the Apostle Paul
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: February 8, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780300098617
Subjects: Early Church; History of religion; Social History; Religion; Religion - Church History; Ancient - Rome; Christianity - History - General; Religion / Church History; General
First sentence: In the early decades of the Roman Empire, a new sect of Judaism appeared and spread rapidly, though not in great numbers, through the cities of the East.
Description: This text analyses the earliest extant documents of Christianity, the letters of Paul, which illuminate the tensions & the texture of life of the first urban Christians. In a new introduction, the author describes the field of New Testament scholarship over the past two decades.