ISBN:
9780567695963
,
9780567695987
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xii, 458 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Village communities
;
Christianity,
Abstract:
A complete geographical and thematic overview of the village in an antiquity and its role in the rise of Christianity. The volume begins with a "state-of-question" introduction by Thomas Robinson, assessing the interrelation of the village and city with the rise of early Christianity. Alan Cadwallader then articulates a methodology for future New Testament studies on this topic, employing a series of case studies to illustrate the methodological issues raised.From there contributors explore three areas of village life in different geographical areas, by means of a series of studies, written by experts in each discipline. They discuss the ancient near east (Egypt and Israel), mainland and Isthmian Greece, Asia Minor, and the Italian Peninsula. This geographic focus sheds light upon the villages associated with the biblical cities (Israel; Corinth; Galatia; Ephesus; Philippi; Thessalonica; Rome), including potential insights into the rural nature of the churches located there.A final section of thematic studies explores central issues of local village life (indigenous and imperial cults, funerary culture, and agricultural and economic life).
Abstract:
Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Ancient Village and the Rise of Christianity -- Part I: Methodological Issues in the Study of Ancient Villages -- Chapter 2: Methodological Issues in the Study of Ancient Villages -- Part II: The Village in the Ancient Near East -- Chapter 3: Village Life in Ancient Israel -- Chapter 4: Village Life in Roman Galilee: Issues Arising from Poverty and Social Unrest -- Chapter 5: Deir el-Medina: An Egyptian Village of the Latter Half of the Second Millennium bce -- Chapter 6: Trust Networks and Village Life in Roman Egypt: A Case Study of Tebtunis -- Chapter 7: Village Life in the Gospels -- Chapter 8: Trust Networks and Village Life in Roman Galilee: A Case Study of the Gospel Narratives and Acts -- Part III: The Village in Asia Minor -- Chapter 9: Village Life in Galatia -- Chapter 10: Village Life in the Kaystros River Valley of Ephesus -- Chapter 11: Village Life in the Lycus Valley -- Part IV: Village Life in Mainland and Isthmian Greece -- Chapter 12: Rural Communities and Early Christianity in Roman Philippi: A Tale of Missed Opportunities -- Chapter 13: Village Life in the Macedonian Hinterland of Thessaloniki -- Chapter 14: Early Christianity in the Villages of Corinthia -- Part V: Village Life in the Italian Peninsula -- Chapter 15: Village Life in the Italian Peninsula and the Expansion of the Christian Movement: Literary and Epigraphic Perspectives -- Part VI: Thematic Essays -- Chapter 16: The Life of Village Women in Antiquity: A Case Study on Lycaonia -- Chapter 17: The Social and Economic Life on Estates in Asia Minor -- Chapter 18: Village Associations as Microcosms of Greek Cities -- Index of Ancient and Early Christian Writings -- INDEX OF INSCRIPTIONS, PAPYRI AND OSTRAKA.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Permalink
