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The Earliest Christian Meeting Places

Almost Exclusively Houses?

by Edward Adams

  • Hardback
  • 280 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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Edward Adams challenges the strong consensus in New Testament and Early Christian studies: that the early Christians met 'almost exclusively' in houses an assumption which undergirds much work in the social study of early Christianity, including the social formation of the early churches; the socio-economic status of the early Christians; the development of leadership and worship; the social organization of early Christian mission; women in the early churches. Adams re-examines the New Testament and other literary data, as well as archaeological evidence, showing that explicit evidence for assembling in houses is not is not as overwhelming as is usually thought. The study also asks: What other kinds of material space, beyond private houses, might have served as early Christian meeting places, and what evidence is there for Christian utilization of such places? Adams shows that during the first two centuries, the alleged period of the house church, it is plausible to imagine the early Christians gathering in a range of settings, both domestic and non-domestic, rather than almost entirely in private houses.
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  • Author

    Edward Adams

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    October 2013

  • Weight

    568g

  • Page Count

    280

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567282576

  • ISBN-10

    0567282570

  • Eden Code

    4037556

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