02617oam 2200637I 450 991045121470332120200520144314.00-203-42772-61-280-32044-30-203-29726-11-134-83381-4978661032044810.4324/9780203427729 (CKB)1000000000254693(EBL)178577(OCoLC)646720019(SSID)ssj0000155459(PQKBManifestationID)11149809(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155459(PQKBWorkID)10114854(PQKB)10319573(MiAaPQ)EBC178577(Au-PeEL)EBL178577(CaPaEBR)ebr10062879(CaONFJC)MIL32044(OCoLC)52079388(EXLCZ)99100000000025469320180706d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe first Christians in their social worlds social-scientific approaches to New Testament interpretation /Philip F. EslerLondon ;New York :Routledge,1994.1 online resource (173 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-11122-6 0-415-11121-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-156) and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Social worlds, social sciences and the New Testament; Reading the Mediterranean social script; Glossolalia and the admission of Gentiles into the early Christian community; Sectarianism and the conflict at Antioch; Introverted sectarianism at Qumran and in the Johannine community; Millennialism and Daniel 7; The social function of 4 Ezra; Sorcery accusations and the Apocalypse; References; Index of ancient sources; Index of modern authorsAn examination of how the New Testament was influenced by the social realities of the early Christian communities for whom the books were wtitten. It reveals an intimate connection between society and Gospel.Sociology, BiblicalChristian sociologyHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600Electronic books.Sociology, Biblical.Christian sociologyHistory225.6/7Esler Philip Francis.566769MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451214703321The first Christians in their social worlds2452152UNINA