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First Christians In Their Social Worlds

Social-scientific Approaches to New Testament Interpretation [Paperback]

by Philip F. Esler

Author
Philip F. Esler
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published
September 1994

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By applying perspectives from sociology and anthropology to a wide range of biblical data, The First Christians in Their Social Worlds examines how the New Testament documents were influenced by the social realities of the early Christian communities for whom they were written, with the result that the texts reveal an intimate connection between society and Gospel. Overlaying this theoretical foundation, Philip Esler's book studies specific socio-political ideas in various texts of the New Testament, for example, charismatic phenomena, the admission of Gentiles into early Christian communities, sectarianism and millennarianism and its relationship to political oppression.