The urban world and the first Christians / edited by Steve Walton, Paul R. Trebilco, and David W.J. Gill.
| Other author | Walton, Steve, 1955- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | xv, 388 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Urban world and the 1st Christians |
| Contents | Cities as more than "scenery" -- Complicating the category of ethnos toward poliscentrism -- Paul, Pentecost, and the nomosphere -- Paul's Caesarea -- Early Christianity in its colonial contexts in the provinces of the eastern Empire -- Diaspora Jewish attitudes to metropleis -- Paul's mission strategy in the urban landscape of the firs-century Roman Empire -- "Outside the city gate" -- The city as foil (not friend nor foe) -- Engaging - or not engaging - the city -- Urbanization and literate status in early Christian Rome -- Alexandria ad Aegyptum -- City of God or home of traitors and killers? Jerusalem according to Matthew -- Heavenly citizenship and earthly authorities -- Spiritual geographies of the city -- Re-placing 1 Peter -- Repairing social vertigo -- Cities of Revelation -- Research on urban Christian communities. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-362) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2017012591 |
| ISBN | 9780802874511 |
| ISBN | 0802874517 (pbk.) |