The social world of the first Christians : essays in honor of Wayne A. Meeks /
F. Hock -- Paul's thorn and cultural models of affliction / Susan R. Garrett -- Light on Paul from the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs? / M. de Jonge -- God's new family in Thessalonica / Abraham J. Malherbe -- Parents and children in the letters of Paul / O. Larry Yarbrough -- Matthew...
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Table of Contents:
- -- Rich and poor, proud and humble in Luke-Acts / David L. Balch
- Visualizing the "real" world of Acts 16: toward construction of a social index / L. Michael White
- The Red Hall in Pergamon / Helmut Koester
- On the nature of magic : report on a dialogue between a historian and a sociologist / Alan F. Segal
- Greeks who sacrifice and those who do not : toward an anthropology of Greek religion / Stanley K. Stowers
- Prolegomena to the study of ancient gnosticism / Bentley Layton
- Contesting Abraham : the ascetic reader and the politics of intertextuality / Elizabeth A. Clark
- Agustine's The spirit and the letter as a reading of Paul's Romans / Paul W. Meyer
- Sinned we all in Adam's fall? / Rowan A. Greer
- An Appreciation / Wayne A. Meeks
- Bibliography: The Writings of Wayne A. Meeks
- Pt. 1. Paul and His Communities. 1. Euodia and Syntyche and Paul's Letter to the Philippians / Nils A. Dahl. 2. Christ, the Elements of the Cosmos, and the Law in Galatians / J. Louis Martyn. 3. The Weak and the Strong: Paul's Careful and Crafty Rhetorical Strategy in Romans 14:1-15:13 / J. Paul Sampley. 4. [actual symbol not reproducible]: A Modest Proposal for Illuminating Paul's Use of Metaphor in 1 Thessalonians 4:4 / Jouette M. Bassler. 5. A Support for His Old Age: Paul's Plea on Behalf of Onesimus / Ronald F. Hock. 6. Paul's Thorn and Cultural Models of Affliction / Susan R. Garrett. 7. Light on Paul from the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs? / M. de Jonge. 8. God's New Family in Thessalonica / Abraham J. Malherbe. 9. Parents and Children in the Letters of Paul / O. Larry Yarbrough
- Pt. 2. Early Christians in Their Social World. 10. Matthew and the Spirit / Leander E. Keck
- Euodia and Syntyche and Paul's letter to the Philippians / Nils A. Dahl
- Christ, the elements of the cosmos, and the law in Galatians / J. Louis Martyn
- The weak and the strong : Paul's careful and crafty rhetorical strategy in Romans 14:1-15:13 / J. Paul Sampley
- [Skeyos] : a modest proposal for illuminating Paul's use of metaphor in 1 Thessalonians 4:4 / Jouette M. Bassler
- A support for his old age : Paul's plea on behalf of Onesimus / Ronald F. Hock
- Paul's thorn and cultural models of affliction / Susan R. Garrett
- Light on Paul from the Testaments of the twelve patriarchs? / M. de Jonge
- God's new family in Thessalonica / Abraham J. Malherbe
- Parents and children in the letters of Paul / O. Larry Yarbrough
- Matthew and the spirit / Leander E. Keck
- The problem of perjury in Greek context : prolegomena to an exegesis of Matthew 5:33; 1 Timothy 1:10; and Didache 2.3 / John T. Fitzgerald
- The social world of James : literary analysis and historical reconstruction / Luke Timothy Johnson
- The footwashing in John 13:6-11 : transformation ritual or ceremony? / Jerome H. Neyrey
- 11. The Problem of Perjury in Greek Context: Prolegomena to an Exegesis of Matthew 5:33; 1 Timothy 1:10; and Didache 2.3 / John T. Fitzgerald. 12. The Social World of James: Literary Analysis and Historical Reconstruction / Luke Timothy Johnson. 13. The Footwashing in John 13:6-11: Transformation Ritual or Ceremony? / Jerome H. Neyrey. 14. Rich and Poor, Proud and Humble in Luke-Acts / David L. Balch. 15. Visualizing the "Real" World of Acts 16: Toward Construction of a Social Index / L. Michael White
- Pt. 3. The Religious and Social Environment of Early Christianity. 16. The Red Hall in Pergamon / Helmut Koester. 17. On the Nature of Magic: Report on a Dialogue between a Historian and a Sociologist / Alan F. Segal. 18. Greeks Who Sacrifice and Those Who Do Not: Toward an Anthropology of Greek Religion / Stanley K. Stowers. 19. Prolegomena to the Study of Ancient Gnosticism / Bentley Layton
- Pt. 4. The Shaping of Early Christian Culture
- 20. Contesting Abraham: The Ascetic Reader and the Politics of Intertextuality / Elizabeth A. Clark. 21. Augustine's The Spirit and the Letter as a Reading of Paul's Romans / Paul W. Meyer. 22. Sinned We All in Adam's Fall? / Rowan A. Greer