Ekklesia outside the Septuagint and the Demos: The Titles of Greco-Roman Associations and Christ-Followers' Groups

This article proposes a methodological shift away from setting Paul's usage of the group designator ἐκκλησία against the backdrop of the LXX corpus and the Greek δῆμoς assemblies and toward understanding Christ-followers' adoption of the title in light of naming conventions in Greco-Roman...

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Main Author: Last, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press [2018]
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2018, Volume: 137, Issue: 4, Pages: 959-980
Further subjects:B GRECO-Roman civilization
B Bible. Old Testament. Greek. Septuagint
B Christianity
B Jesus Christ
B CHRISTIAN spiritual life
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