Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Paul, Letters and Communities
- 1 What Do We Find in Paul’s Letters?
- 2 Who Was Paul?
- 3 What Kind of World Did Paul’s Communities Live In?
- Part II The Pauline Letter Collection
- Part III Paul’s Theological Discourse
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
3 - What Kind of World Did Paul’s Communities Live In?
from Part I - Paul, Letters and Communities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 June 2020
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Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Part I Paul, Letters and Communities
- 1 What Do We Find in Paul’s Letters?
- 2 Who Was Paul?
- 3 What Kind of World Did Paul’s Communities Live In?
- Part II The Pauline Letter Collection
- Part III Paul’s Theological Discourse
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Ancient Writings
- Index of Modern Scholars
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
Paul’s letters were written to communities of Christ-followers of the first century. This essay outlines some of the overarching features that shaped the Roman world in which Paul’s communities lived.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to St. Paul , pp. 48 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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Further Reading
Adams, Edward. The Earliest Christian Meeting Places: Almost Exclusively Houses? London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2013.Google Scholar
Ascough, Richard S. “What Are They Now Saying about Christ Groups and Associations?” Currents in Biblical Research 13, no. 2 (2015) 207–244.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ascough, Richard S. “Paul and Associations.” In Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook. Vol. 1, edited by Sampley, J. Paul, 68–89. London: Bloomsbury, 2016.Google Scholar
deSilva, David A. “Paul, Honor, and Shame.” In Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook. 2nd ed., vol. 2, edited by Sampley, J. Paul, 26–47. London: Bloomsbury, 2016.Google Scholar
Harrison, James R. “The First Urban Churches: Introduction.” In The First Urban Churches 1: Methodological Foundations, edited by Harrison, James R. and Welborn, L. L., 1–40. Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2015.Google Scholar
Longenecker, Bruce. Remember the Poor: Paul, Poverty, and the Greco-Roman World. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2010.Google Scholar
Meeks, Wayne A. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1983.Google Scholar
Sampley, J. Paul, ed. Paul in the Greco-Roman World: A Handbook. 2nd ed., 2 vols. London: Bloomsbury, 2016.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wendt, Heidi. At the Temple Gates: The Religion of Freelance Experts in the Roman Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.Google Scholar
Winter, Bruce W. Divine Honours for the Caesars: The First Christians’ Responses. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2015.Google Scholar