The First Urban Churches 6 : Rome and Ostia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrison, James R.

Contributor:

Welborn, L. L.

Series:

Writings from the Greco-Roman World Supplement

Writings from the Greco-Roman World Supplement ; v.18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history.

Cities and towns.

City churches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (549 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

First Urban Churches 6

Place of Publication:

: Society of Biblical Literature, 2021.

Summary:

An examination of early Roman Christianity by New Testament and classical scholars Building on the methodologies introduced in the first volume of The First Urban Churches and supplementing the in-depth studies of Corinth, Ephesus, Philippi, Colossae, Hierapolis, and Laodicea (vols. 2-5), essays in this volume challenge readers to reexamine what we know about the early church within Rome and the port city of Ostia. In the introductory section of the book, James R. Harrison discusses the material and documentary evidence of both cities, which sets the stage for the essays that follow. In the second section, Mary Jane Cuyler, James R. Harrison, Richard Last, Annelies Moeser, Thomas A. Robinson, Michael P. Theophilos, and L. L. Welborn examine a range of topics, including the Ostian Synagogue, Romans 1:2-4 against the backdrop of Julio-Claudian adoption and apotheosis traditions, and the epistle of 1 Clement. In the final section of this volume, Jutta Dresken-Welland and Mark Reasoner engage Peter Lampe's magnum opus From Paul to Valentinus ; Lampe wraps up the section and the volume with a response. Throughout, readers are provided with a rich demonstration of how the material evidence of the city of Rome illuminates the emergence of Roman Christianity, especially in the first century CE.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Abbreviations

The City of Rome from the Late Republic to the Julio-Claudian Period

Ostia, Harbor Port of Rome

Early Christianity at Rome as Reflected in the So-Called First Epistle of Clement

Friends, Romans, Countrymen

Roman Imperial Coinage as the Background to Paul's Letter to the Romans

Seeing Pharaoh and His Obelisks in Rome

Romans 16 and the Sergii Paulli

How Old Is the Synagogue at Ostia?

Romans 1:2-4 and Imperial "Adoption" Ideology

A Traditional Response to Peter Lampe's Picture of Christians in Rome

Response to Peter Lampe's Paul to Valentinus

From Individual Inscriptions and Images to Conceptual Issues

Contributors

Ancient Sources Index

Modern Authors Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780884145066

0884145069

OCLC:

1281955692