TY - BOOK AU - Esler,Philip Francis TI - The first Christians in their social worlds: social-scientific approaches to New Testament interpretation SN - 9780415111218 AV - BS2545 PY - 1994/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - Social scientific criticism KW - Sociology, Biblical KW - Christianity KW - Scriptures KW - Characters N1 - 1 (pages 147.-156) and indexes; 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; 2 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/93046433-d.html ER -