Wayne A. Meeks's classic study of the earliest Christians — the first book to apply the social-scientific methods of sociology and anthropology to the world of the Apostle Paul. Drawing on Paul's letters and the urban setting of the Roman provinces, Meeks reconstructs the social world of the early Christian communities: the cities in which they met, the social and economic status of their members, their governance and rituals, and the patterns of belief and life that shaped them. A landmark work in New Testament scholarship.
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Wayne A. Meeks's classic study of the earliest Christians — the first book to apply the social-scientific methods of sociology and anthropology to the world of the Apostle Paul. Drawing on Paul's letters and the urban setting of the Roman provinces, Meeks reconstructs the social world of the early Christian communities: the cities in which they met, the social and economic status of their members, their governance and rituals, and the patterns of belief and life that shaped them. A landmark work in New Testament scholarship.