The Earliest Christian Meeting Places
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The Earliest Christian Meeting Places

Almost Exclusively Houses?

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Earliest Christian Meeting Places

Almost Exclusively Houses?

About this book

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 nearly as extensive as is usually thought. He also shows that there is literary and archaeological evidence for meeting in non-house settings. Adams makes the case that during the first two centuries, the alleged period of the 'house church', it is plausible to imagine the early Christians gathering in a range of venues rather than almost entirely in private houses. His thesis has wide-ranging implications.

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Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780567663146
eBook ISBN
9780567157324
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Abbreviations
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. 1. Early Christian Meeting Places: Almost Exclusively Houses
  6. 2. Shops and Workshops as ‘House Church’ Settings
  7. 3. Reassessing Early Christian Meeting Places
  8. 4. The Aims, Approach and Structure of the Book
  9. Part I -- EVIDENCE FOR HOUSES AS MEETING PLACES
  10. Chapter 1. NEW TESTAMENT EVIDENCE: EPISTLES
  11. 1. The Undisputed Pauline Letters
  12. 2. The Deutero-Pauline Letters
  13. 3. The General Epistles
  14. 4. Conclusion
  15. Chapter 2. NEW TESTAMENT EVIDENCE: GOSPELS AND ACTS
  16. 1. The Synoptic Gospels
  17. 2. The Book of Acts
  18. 3. Conclusion
  19. Chapter 3. LITERARY EVIDENCE FROM 100 TO 313 CE
  20. 1. Evidence for Houses as Meeting Places
  21. 2. Evidence for Adapted Houses as Church Buildings
  22. 3. Conclusion
  23. Chapter 4. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
  24. 1. The Christian Building at Dura Europos
  25. 2. The Christian Prayer Hall at Megiddo
  26. 3. The Titular Churches of Rome
  27. 4. Other Claimed Pre-Constantinian Domestic Domus Ecclesiae
  28. 5. Conclusion
  29. Chapter 5. COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
  30. 1. The Domestic Cult
  31. 2. Houses as ‘Schools’ and Places of Teaching
  32. 3. Houses as Collegial Meeting Places
  33. 4. House Synagogues
  34. 5. Conclusion
  35. Part II -- EVIDENCE AND POSSIBILITIES FOR NON-HOUSE MEETING PLACES
  36. Chapter 6. RETAIL, INDUSTRIAL AND STORAGE SPACES
  37. 1. Shops and Workshops
  38. 2. Barns
  39. 3. Warehouses
  40. 4. Conclusion
  41. Chapter 7. COMMERCIAL HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE SPACE
  42. 1. Hotels and Inns
  43. 2. Rented Dining Rooms
  44. 3. Bathhouses
  45. 4. Conclusion
  46. Chapter 8. OUTDOOR SPACES AND BURIAL PLACES
  47. 1. Gardens
  48. 2. Watersides
  49. 3. Urban Open Spaces
  50. 4. Burial Sites
  51. 5. Conclusion
  52. CONCLUSION
  53. Appendix 1. THE SETTING OF THE CORINTHIAN COMMUNAL MEAL
  54. Appendix 2. FIGURES
  55. Bibliography
  56. Index of References
  57. Index of Authors