Early Christ Groups and Greco-Roman Associations

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Early Christ Groups and Greco-Roman Associations is written by Richard S. Ascough and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1666709034 (ISBN 10) and 9781666709032 (ISBN 13).

Over the past two and a half decades there has been an increasing interest in how the data from the associations--known primarily from inscriptions and papyri--can help scholars better understand the development of Christ groups in the first and second centuries. Richard Ascough's work has been at the forefront of promoting the associations and applying insights from inscriptions and papyri to understanding early Christian texts. This book collects together his most important contributions to the scholarly trajectory as it developed over a two-decade period. A fresh introduction orients the sixteen previously published articles and essays, which are arranged into three sections; the first dealing with associations as a model for Christ groups, the second focused on how associations and Christ groups interacted over recruitment, and the third on two key elements of group life: meals and memorializing the dead.