RT Article
T1 Paul's social network in Colossians: Friends and coworkers in the Lycus Valley
JF Review and expositor
VO 116
IS 4
SP 436
OP 445
A1 Miller, Amanda C.
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1688130292
AB Various friends and coworkers are associated with the social network of the Apostle Paul and his connection to the church at Colossae: Timothy, Tychicus, Aristarchus, and Archippus. A close examination focuses upon two of these coworkers and friends, Nympha and Epaphras. A careful exploration and analysis of the Colossian social network illustrates that conflicts exist within the social network, especially in the tension between the equality of all as baptized into Christ and the hierarchy of the paterfamilias-run household and empire. The text-segments of Colossians 1 and the household code in Col 3:18-4:1 exemplify the social tensions that existed in the body of Christ, and are instructive about living within the conflicts.
K1 Epaphras
K1 Nympha
K1 Timothy
K1 Tychicus
K1 Intersectionality
K1 Social Network
DO 10.1177/0034637319878791