{"product_id":"grecoroman-associations-deities-and-early-christianity-9781481315166","title":"GrecoRoman Associations Deities and Early","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding associations in the Greco-Roman world enhances the study of the rise of early Christianity. The twenty-five contributions contained in this volume enlarge our perspectives on the extent to which Greco-Roman associations bring features of Christian origins into relief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Greco-Roman Associations and the Origins of Christianity: Taking Stock of Where We Are, by Bruce W. Longenecker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Angles of Vision\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 House Church or Association? Soem Reflections on Models and Usefulness, by Peter Oakes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Suspicion, Integration, and Roman Attitudes toward Associations, by Eric J. Brewer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Working with the Gods: Occupational Associations and Early Christ Groups, by Richard S. Ascough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Stinking Leatherworkers and Noisy Street Criers: Paul, Occupational Stigma, and the Sensory Politics of Associations, by Louise J. Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Dressing for Deities: Functions and Meanings of Dress within Ancient Associations, by Alicia J. Batten\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Prestige of the Gods, the Urban Elites, and the Local Associations: Assessing Honorific Rituals among the Early Christians, by James R. Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Meals of Christ Groups in Comparative Perspective, by John S. Kloppenborg\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 F(r)ee Membership of Christ Groups, by Timothy J. Murray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Women Benefactors and Early Christ Groups, by Susan E. Benton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Aid among Greco-Roman Associations and Christ Groups, by Robert E. Moses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Burial Communities: Associations and Christ Groups, by Markus Öhler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Retiring Religious Associations, by Éric Rebillard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 συναγωγή and Semi-public Associations: Greco-Roman, Judean, and  \u003ci\u003eChristos\u003c\/i\u003e Followers, by Ralph J. Korner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Christianization and the Decline of Elective Cults Revisited: Competitors or Cohabitants? by Christina Gousopoulos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Focal Points\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 From Analogy to Identity: Did an Association of Leatherworkers \"Turn\" into the Thessalonian Church? by Timothy A. Brookins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Configuring Time in Roman Macedonia: Identity and Differentiation in Paul's Thessalonian Christ Group, by Bruce W. Longenecker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Conflict and Honor in the Ancient Epistle: Or, How an Egyptian Funerary Association Illuminates Rivalry at Corinth, by Sarah E. Rollens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 The Significance of Λογεία for the Meaning of Paul's Collection in 1 and 2 Corinthians, by Philip F. Esler\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 The Benefaction-Reward Convention in Greco-Roman Private Associations and Paul's Jerusalem Collection, by Jin Hwan Lee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 Reading Hebrews in a Roman  \u003ci\u003eVicus\u003c\/i\u003e with Voluntary Associations, by Jason A. Whitlark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 Julian Christ Worshippers and Their Connection to a Collegium in First-Century Lyon: Reintroducing the Epitaph of Julia Adepta, by Richard Last\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 \"Many Have Sold Themselves into Slavery\": Voluntary Imprisonment and Slavery, Survival Strategies among Associations, and the Reception of 1 Corinthians in 1 Clement 55, by David J. Downs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e24 Mystery Cults and Christian Associations in Early Alexandrian Theology: The Case of Clement of Alexandria, by T. J. 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