The Moral World of the First ChristiansThis volume in the Library of Early Christianity examines the ethics and morality of the earliest Christians. The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed. |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Social Setting | 19 |
Greece and Rome | 40 |
Israel | 65 |
The Christian Communities 97 46 | 97 |
The Grammar of Early Christian Morals | 124 |
Afterword | 161 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 173 |
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