Synopsis
This book explores how early Christian communities constructed, developed, and asserted their identity and authority in various socio-cultural contexts in Asia Minor and Greece in the first five centuries CE. With the help of the database Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG), special attention is given to ancient inscriptions which represent a rich and valuable source of information on the early Christians’ social and religious identity, family networks, authority structures, and place and function in society. This collection of essays by various specialists of Early Christianity, Epigraphy, and Late Antiquity, offers a broad geographical survey of the expansion and socio-cultural development of Christianity/ies in Asia Minor and Greece, and sheds new light on the religious transformation of the Later Roman Empire.
About the Author
Cilliers Breytenbach (Dr. theol., Dr. theol. habil, Munich 1984 and 1986) is Professor for the History, Literature and Religion of Early Christianity at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Professor extraordinary for New Testament and Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University and the author and editor of numerous books including Paulus und Barnabas in der Provinz Galatien (Brill, 1996), Grace, Reconciliation, Concord (Brill, 2010), and (with C. Zimmermann) Early Christianity in Lycaonia: From Paul to Amphilochius of Iconium (Brill, 2017).
Julien M. Ogereau (Ph.D in Ancient History, Macquarie University 2014) is an LMUexcellent Research Fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He is the author of Paul’s Koinonia with the Philippians (Mohr Siebeck, 2014) and of several other articles on the language and historical context of the New Testament. He is currently writing a book on early Christianity in Macedonia.
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