The First Urban Christians; The Social World of the Apostle Paul, Second Edition

by Wayne A. Meeks; With a new introduction by the author

• ISBN13: 9780300098617
• ISBN10: 0300098618
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-02-08
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(1)
Why a Social Description of Early Christianity?	1	(1)
Some Objections	2	(5)
Pauline Christianity	7	(2)
The Urban Environment of Pauline Christianity	9	(42)
Paul and the City	9	(1)
From Village to City	10	(1)
From Polis to Empire	11	(2)
The People of the City	13	(1)
City versus Country	14	(1)
Cosmopolis	15	(1)
Mobility	16	(7)
Women in the Greco-Roman City	23	(2)
Connections	25	(7)
Urban Judaism and Pauline Christianity	32	(8)
The Cities of Pauline Christianity	40	(11)
The Social Level of Pauline Christians	51	(23)
``Proletarians'' or ``Middle Class''?	51	(2)
Measuring Social Stratification	53	(2)
Prosopographic Evidence	55	(8)
Indirect Evidence	63	(9)
Mixed Strata, Ambiguous Status	72	(2)
The Formation of the Ekklesia	74	(37)
Models from the Environment	75	(9)
The Fellowship and Its Boundaries	84	(23)
A Worldwide People	107	(4)
Governance	111	(29)
Dealing with Conflict	111	(20)
Inferences	131	(9)
Ritual	140	(24)
Minor Rituals	142	(8)
Baptism: Ritual of Initiation	150	(7)
The Lord's Supper: Ritual of Solidarity	157	(5)
Unkown and Controverted Rituals	162	(2)
Patterns of Belief and Patterns of Life	164	(29)
One God, One Lord, One Body	165	(6)
Apocalyptic and the Management of Innovation	171	(9)
The Crucified Messiah	180	(3)
Evil and Its Reversal	183	(7)
Correlations	190	(3)
List of Abbreviations	193	(4)
Notes	197	(46)
Bibliography of Secondary Works Cited	243	(36)
Supplementary Bibliography	279	(4)
Index of Biblical References	283	(8)
Index of Modern Authors	291	(6)
Subject Index	297