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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 November 2015
      18 November 2015
      ISBN:
      9781316179130
      9781107100633
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316179130
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.48kg, 282 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion
      Series:
      Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (164)
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion
    Series:
    Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (164)
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    Moving past earlier descriptions of first-century Christ groups that were based on examining the New Testament in isolation from extant sources produced by analogous cult groups throughout Mediterranean antiquity, this book engages with underexplored epigraphic and papyrological records and situates the behaviour of Paul's Corinthian ekklēsia within broader patterns of behaviour practised by Greco-Roman associations. Richard Last's comparative analysis generates highly original contributions to our understanding of the social history of the Jesus movement: he shows that the Corinthians were a small group who had no fixed meeting place, who depended on financial contributions from all ten members in order to survive, and who attracted recruits by offering social benefits such as crowns and office-holding that made other ancient cult groups successful. This volume provides a much-needed robust alternative to the traditional portrayal of Pauline Christ groups as ecclesiastically egalitarian, devoid of normative honorific practices, and free for the poor.

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