The church in Antioch in the first century CE : communion and conflict / Michelle Slee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slee, Michelle.

Series:

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 244.

Library of New Testament studies.

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 244

Library of New Testament studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. N.T. Galatians II, 11-14--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. N.T. Acts XV--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Matthew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Didache.

Lord's Supper--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Lord's Supper.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Gentiles in the New Testament.

Antioch (Turkey)--Church history.

Antioch (Turkey).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book explores the problems faced by the church in Antioch in the mid-first century CE once the decision was taken to welcome Gentiles into the church. Slee argues that a particular problem was the celebration of the Eucharist, since some Jewish Christians felt that the table-fellowship this involved inevitably brought the risk of contamination (because of Gentile contact with idolatry). She suggests this was the subject debated at the Jerusalem conference described in Acts 15 and Galatians 2, and it was the eventual decision of the Antioch church to hold separate Eucharists that led to Pau

Contents:

pt. 1. Gentiles in the early church and the conflict in Antioch : the evidence from Acts and Galatians

pt. 2. The Didache

pt. 3. The gospel of Matthew.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-201) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-19705-7

9786613197054

0-567-35246-3

OCLC:

741690671