TY  - GEN
T1  - Greco-Roman associations, deities, and early Christianity
A2  - Longenecker, Bruce W.
LA  - English
PP  - Waco, Texas
PB  - Baylor University Press
YR  - 2022
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1350876089
AB  - "Understanding associations in the Greco-Roman world enhances the study of the rise of early Christianity--whether at the micro-level of interpreting particular texts or at the macro-level of assessing the spread of Christ-devotion in the pre-Constantinian era. The twenty-four contributions contained within Greco-Roman Associations, Deities, and Early Christianity enlarge our perspectives on the extent to which Greco-Roman associations bring features of Christian origins into relief. Thematic studies include associational social reputation; women in associations; deities and devotion; financial strategies of group maintenance; care for the poor; varieties of group identity; refinements of terminological and conceptual apparatus; funerary practices; occupational groups; and the alleged role of Christianity in the demise of associations. Studies of particular phenomena include 1 Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians, Paul's Collection, Hebrews, a late first-century Christian family, 1 Clement, and Clement of Alexandria.  While the essays cover a wide spectrum of topics, they retain a clear focus on aspects of corporate life within ancient associations as comparanda for the study of early Christ-groups within their social milieu. These essays, all kept to a disciplined length, represent the work of impressive scholars from a range of interdisciplinary, intergenerational, and international contexts. The volume's symposium of voices and lively scholarly exchange productively expand current conversations about Greco-Roman associations, deities, and early Christianity."--Publisher description.
OP  - 460
CN  - DE72 .G74 2022EB
SN  - 9781481315173
SN  - 148131517X
SN  - 9781481315180
SN  - 1481315188
SN  - 9781481315166
SN  - 1481315161
KW  - Bible. : New Testament : Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - Bible. : Nouveau Testament : Critique, interprétation, etc.
KW  - Bible. : New Testament
KW  - Associations, institutions, etc. : Greece : History : To 1500.
KW  - Associations, institutions, etc. : Rome : History : To 1500.
KW  - Christianity and other religions : Greek.
KW  - Christianity and other religions : Roman.
KW  - Church history : Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
KW  - Christianisme : Relations : Religion grecque.
KW  - Christianisme : Relations : Religion romaine.
KW  - Église : Histoire : ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
KW  - Associations, institutions, etc.
KW  - Romans : Religion
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Greeks : Religion
KW  - Church history : Primitive and early church
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - Greece
KW  - To 1500
KW  - History
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -