Authority and identity in emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece / / edited by Cilliers Breytenbach, Julien M. Ogereau.

• Superior document: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity ; Volume 103
• TeilnehmendeR: Breytenbach, Cilliers, 1954-; Ogereau, Julien M., 1981-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Ancient Judaism and early Christianity ; Volume 103.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page --; Dedication --; Preface --; List of Abbreviations --; Notes on Contributors --; Early Christianity in Asia Minor --; Pagane Relikte in der Spätantike: Griechische Katasterinschriften als religionsgeschichtliche Quellen /; The Acts of John and Christian Communities in Ephesus in the Mid-Second Century AD /; Graeco-Roman Associations, Judean Synagogues and Early Christianity in Bithynia-Pontus /; Frühes Christentum in Galatien: Inschriften aus dem südlichen Haymana-Hochland /; Präsentation und Selbstrepräsentation von Christinnen auf lykaonischen Grabinschriften /; Relational Identity and Roman Name-Giving among Lycaonian Christians /; Die Löwen der Berge: Lebendige, steinerne und literarische Löwen im Rauhen Kilikien /; Early Christianity in Greece, the Southern Balkans, and Beyond --; Early Christian Inscriptions from the Corinthia and the Peloponnese /; Authority and Identity in the Early Christian Inscriptions from Macedonia /; The Authority of Paul’s Memory and Early Christian Identity at Philippi /; Stobi in Late Antiquity: Epigraphic Testimonia /; The Formation of a Pauline Letter Collection in Light of Roman Epigraphic Evidence /; The Use of Greek in the Early Christian Inscriptions from Rome and Italy (3rd–4th Cent.) /; From Aphrodite(s) to Saintly Bishops in Late Antique Cyprus /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004367195
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Cilliers Breytenbach, Julien M. Ogereau.

This book explores how early Christian communities constructed, developed, and asserted their identity and authority in various socio-cultural contexts in Asia Minor and Greece in the first five centuries CE. With the help of the database Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae ( ICG ), special attention is given to ancient inscriptions which represent a rich and valuable source of information on the early Christians’ social and religious identity, family networks, authority structures, and place and function in society. This collection of essays by various specialists of Early Christianity, Epigraphy, and Late Antiquity, offers a broad geographical survey of the expansion and socio-cultural development of Christianity/ies in Asia Minor and Greece, and sheds new light on the religious transformation of the Later Roman Empire.