The Earliest Christian Meeting Places: Almost Exclusively Houses?
Edward Adams challenges a strong consensus in New Testament and Early Christian studies: that the early Christians met 'almost exclusively' in houses. This assumption has been foundational for research on the social formation of the early churches, the origins and early development of chur...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | The Earliest Meeting Places: Almost Exclusively Houses? by Edward Adams, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013 (ISBN 978-0-567-28257-6), xiv + 263 pp., hb 110 (2014) (Allen, David M., 1972 -)
[Rezension von: Adams, Edward, The earliest Christian meeting places] (2015) (Osiek, Carolyn, 1940 -) |
| Series/Journal: | The Library of New Testament Studies
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| Summary: | Edward Adams challenges a strong consensus in New Testament and Early Christian studies: that the early Christians met 'almost exclusively' in houses. This assumption has been foundational for research on the social formation of the early churches, the origins and early development of church architecture, and early Christian worship. Recent years have witnessed increased scholarly interest in the early 'house church'. Adams re-examines the New Testament and other literary data, as well as archaeological and comparative evidence, showing that explicit evidence for assembling in houses is not ne |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0567282570 |