Format:
1 Online-Ressource (472 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
9780567695970
Content:
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)
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List of Figures and Tables Note on Abbreviation Introduction 1. The Ancient Village and the Rise of Christianity - Thomas Robinson, University of Lethbridge, Canada Methodological Issues and the Study of Ancient Villages 2. Methodological Issues and the Study of Ancient Villages - Alan H. Cadwallader, Charles Sturt University, Australia The Village in the Ancient Near East 3. Village Life in Ancient Israel - Kyle H. Keimer, co-director of the excavations at Khirbet Arai, Israel 4. Village Life in Roman Galilee: Issues Arising from Poverty and Social Unrest - Warren Carter, Phillips Theological Seminary, USA 5. Deir el Medina: An Egyptian Village of the Latter Half of the 2nd Millennium BCE - Boyo Ockinga, Maquarie University, Australia 6. Trust Networks and Village Life in Roman Egypt: A Case Study of Tebtunis - Stephen Llewelyn, Macquarie University, Australia and Alexandra Robinson, United Theological College, Charles Sturt University, Australia 7. Village Life in the Gospels - Keith Dyer, Whitley College, Australia 8. Trust Networks and Village Life in Roman Galilee: A Case Study of the Gospel Narratives and Acts - Stephen Llewelyn, Macquarie University, Australia and Alexandra Robinson, United Theological College, Charles Sturt University, Australia The Village in Asia Minor 9. Village Life in Galatia - Mark Wilson, University of South Africa, South Africa, and Stellenbosch University, South Africa 10. Village Life in the Kaystros River Valley of Ephesus - James R. Harrison, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia 11. Village Life in the Lycus Valley - Alan Cadwallader, Charles Sturt University, Australia Village Life in Mainland and Isthmian Greece 12. Rural Communities and Early Christianity in Roman Philippi: A Tale of Missed Opportunities - Cédric Brélaz, University of Fribourg, Switzerland 13. Village Life in the Macedonian Hinterland of Thessalonica - Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Greek Open University and the International Hellenic University, Greek and Flora Karagianni, European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments and Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki 14. Early Christianity in the Villages of Corinthia - L. L. Welborn, Fordham University, USA Village Life in the Italian Peninsula 15. Village Life in the Italian Peninsula and the Expansion of the Christian Movement: Literary and Epigraphic Perspectives - James R. Harrison, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia Thematic Essays 16. The Life of Village Women in Antiquity: A Case Study on Lycaonia - Christiane Zimmermann, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany 17. The Social and Economic Life on Estates in Asia Minor - Thomas Corsten, University of Vienna, Austria 18. Village Associations as Microcosms of Greek Cities - D. Clint Burnett, Boston College, USA List of Contributors Indices
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780567695956
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780567695963
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780567695987
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780567714008
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9780567695970
