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The people beside Paul : the Philippian assembly and history from below / edited by Joseph A. Marchal.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early Christianity and its literature ; Number 17.
- Early Christianity and its literature ; Number 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Philippians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Philippi (Extinct city)--Church history.
- Philippi (Extinct city).
- Philippi (Extinct city)--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : SBL Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Who are the people beside Paul, and what can we know about them? This volume brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars with a broad range of expertise and a common interest: Philippi in antiquity. Each essay engages one set of contextual particularities for Paul and the ordinary people of the Philippian assembly, while simultaneously placing them in wider settings. This 'people's history' uses both traditional and more cutting-edge methods to reconsider archaeology and architecture, economy and ethnicity, prisons and priestesses, slavery, syncretism, stereotypes of Jews, the colony of Philippi, and a range of communities. The contributors are Valerie Abrahamsen, Richard S. Ascough, Robert L. Brawley, Noelle Damico, Richard A. Horsley, Joseph A. Marchal, Mark D. Nanos, Peter Oakes, Gerardo Reyes Chavez, Angela Standhartinger, Eduard Verhoef, and Antoinette Clark Wire. Features An examination of the social forms and forces that shaped and affected the Philippian church Essays offer insight into standard questions about the letter s hymn and audience, Paul's 'opponents,' and the sites of the community and of Paul's imprisonment A focused exploration of more marginalized topics and groups, including women, slaves, Jews, and members of localized cults
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Philippian (Pre)Occupations and Peopling Possibilities
- Priestesses and Other Female Cult Leaders
- The Economic Situation of the Philippian Christians
- Collaboration of "Samothrakiasts" and Christians in Philippi
- Response
- Letter from Prison as Hidden Transcript
- Slaves as Wo/men and Unmen
- Out-Howling the Cynics
- An Alternative Community and an Oral Econmium
- Determining What Is Best
- Bibliography
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62837-098-X
- 1-62837-097-1
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