The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul

Wayne A. Meeks

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In this classic work, Wayne A. Meeks analyzes the earliest extant documents of Christianity―the letters of Paul―to describe the tensions and the texture of life of the first urban Christians. In a new introduction, he describes the evolution of the field of New Testament scholarship over the past twenty years, including new developments in fields such as archaeology and social history.

Request Code
ZLIBIO2335490
Published
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pages
319
Language
English
Format
PDF
Edition
2nd edition