Greco-Roman Associations, Deities, and Early Christianity

1 Greco-Roman Associations and the Origins of Christianity: Taking Stock of Where We Are, by Bruce W. LongeneckerPart One: Angles of Vision2 House Church or Association? Some Reflections on Models and Usefulness, by Peter Oakes3 Suspicion, Integration, and Roman Attitudes toward Associations, by Eric J. Brewer4 Working with the Gods: Occupational Associations and Early Christ Groups, by Richard S. Ascough5 Stinking Leatherworkers and Noisy Street Criers: Paul, Occupational Stigma, and the Sensory Politics of Associations, by Louise J. Lawrence6 Dressing for Deities: Functions and Meanings of Dress within Ancient Associations, by Alicia J. Batten7 The Prestige of the Gods, the Urban Elites, and the Local Associations: Assessing Honorific Rituals among the Early Christians, by James R. Harrison8 The Meals of Christ Groups in Comparative Perspective, by John S. Kloppenborg9 F(r)ee Membership of Christ Groups, by Timothy J. Murray10 Women Benefactors and Early Christ Groups, by Susan E. Benton11 Aid among Greco-Roman Associations and Christ Groups, by Robert E. Moses12 Burial Communities: Associations and Christ Groups, by Markus Öhler13 Retiring Religious Associations, by Éric Rebillard14 συναγωγή and Semi-public Associations: Greco-Roman, Judean, and Christos Followers, by Ralph J. Korner15 Christianization and the Decline of Elective Cults Revisited: Competitors or Cohabitants? by Christina GousopoulosPart Two: Focal Points16 From Analogy to Identity: Did an Association of Leatherworkers "Turn" into the Thessalonian Church? by Timothy A. Brookins17 Configuring Time in Roman Macedonia: Identity and Differentiation in Paul's Thessalonian Christ Group, by Bruce W. Longenecker18 Conflict and Honor in the Ancient Epistle: Or, How an Egyptian Funerary Association Illuminates Rivalry at Corinth, by Sarah E. Rollens19 The Significance of Λογεία for the Meaning of Paul's Collection in 1 and 2 Corinthians, by Philip F. Esler20 The Benefaction-Reward Convention in Greco-Roman Private Associations and Paul's Jerusalem Collection, by Jin Hwan Lee21 Reading Hebrews in a Roman Vicus with Voluntary Associations, by Jason A. Whitlark22 Julian Christ Worshippers and Their Connection to a Collegium in First-Century Lyon: Reintroducing the Epitaph of Julia Adepta, by Richard Last23 "Many Have Sold Themselves into Slavery": Voluntary Imprisonment and Slavery, Survival Strategies among Associations, and the Reception of 1 Corinthians in 1 Clement 55, by David J. Downs24 Mystery Cults and Christian Associations in Early Alexandrian Theology: The Case of Clement of Alexandria, by T. J. Lang