The first Christians in their social worlds : social-scientific approaches to New Testament interpretation / [print]
Philip F. Esler.
- London ; New York : Routledge, (c)1994.
- x, 164 pages ; 23 cm.
Social worlds, social sciences and the New Testament -- Reading the Mediterranean social script -- Glossolalia and the admission of Gentiles into the early Christian community -- Sectarianism and the conflict at Antioch -- Introverted sectarianism at Qumran and in the Johannine community -- Millennialism and Daniel 7 -- The social function of 4 Ezra -- Sorcery accusations and the Apocalypse.