’Εϰϰλησία τοῦ θεοῦ: The ‘Church of God’ and the Civic Assemblies (ἐϰϰλησίαι) of the Greek Cities in the Roman Empire: A Response to Paul Trebilco and Richard A. Horsley
In this essay I take issue with Paul Trebilco's recent argument in this journal that the Christian self-designation of ἐϰϰλησία has a background in the Septuagint. I argue that its Graeco-Roman political meaning in the sense of ‘civic assembly’ was decisive in its adoption by Paul, and that Pau...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2012
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New Testament studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 522-548 |
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Church
B anti-imperial Paul B Paul and politics B civic assembly B Christian self-designations |
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