Who were the first Christians? : dismantling the urban thesis /
Thomas Robinson argues that popular views of early Christian growth - one concentrated in urban environments - would nearly saturate every urban area of the entire Roman Empire with Christians, leaving no room for Jews or pagans. It is a scenario that simply does not work. But where does the solutio...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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Who were the first Christians? |
Obsah:
- 1. Introduction: Must Historians Count?
- 2. The "Urban" Thesis
- 3. Counting Romans and Christians
- 4. Counting the Jewish Population
- 5. Urban and Rural Relationships
- 6. Supposed Barriers to Christian Success in the Countryside
- 7. The Pre-Constantinian Evidence
- 8. Dismissing the Evidence of Christianity in the Countryside
- 9. The Country Bishop
- 10. Conclusion
- Appendix A. The Numbers According to Ramsay MacMullen
- Appendix B. The Numbers According to Rodney Stark