02629nam 2200649Ia 450 991096231610332120251116173451.01-134-83380-60-203-42772-61-280-32044-30-203-29726-11-134-83381-4978661032044810.4324/9780203427729 (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)99100000000025469319931222d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe first Christians in their social worlds social-scientific approaches to New Testament interpretation /Philip F. Esler1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19941 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. 30-600Sociology, Biblical.Christian sociologyHistory225.6/7Esler Philip Francis566769MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962316103321The first Christians in their social worlds4485214UNINA