The world in which early Christianity developed consisted of a complex of distinct communities and cultural 'layers', which interacted with one another, sometim

A revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--London School of Theology, 2008.

Paul the Apostle has traditionally been viewed as a thinker and theologian, and scholars have focused almost exclusively on his ideas rather than on his religio

This volume is concerned with Paul's world. The major question to ask is—what is that world of Paul? In determinable ways, Paul's world is everything in the w