Early Christianity in Macedonia

From Paul to the Late Sixth Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-68119-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 119, 446 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 828 g

Reihe: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity

In this volume Julien M. Ogereau investigates the origins and development of Christianity in the Roman province of Macedonia in the first six centuries CE. Drawing from the oldest literary sources, Ogereau reconstructs the earliest history of the first Christian communities in the region and explores the legacy of the apostle Paul in the cities of Philippi, Thessalonica, and Beroea. Turning to the epigraphic and archaeological evidence, Ogereau then examines Christianity’s dissemination throughout the province and its impact on Macedonian society in late antiquity, especially on its epigraphic habits and material culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

M Ogereau, Julien

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Maps, Charts, and Figures

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1 Beyond Harnack’s Mission und Ausbreitung des Christentums

2 History of Research

3 Sources and Methodological Considerations

4 Chronological and Geographical Boundaries

5 Outline of Study

2 Macedonia in Roman Antiquity

1 Introduction

2 Geographical Setting

3 Urban Infrastructures and Transportation Network

4 Ethnic and Socio-cultural Outlook

5 Religious Context

6 Summary

3 Christian Beginnings in Macedonia

1 Introduction

2 Sources

3 The Foundation of the First Christian Communities in the AD 50s

4 The Consolidation of the First Christian Communities in the AD 50s–60s

5 Macedonian Christianity in the Second Century

6 Summary

4 Early Christianity in Eastern Macedonia

1 Introduction

2 Philippi and Its Territory

3 The Strymon Valley: Amphipolis, Serrai, and Parthicopolis

4 Summary

5 Early Christianity in Central Macedonia

1 Introduction

2 Thessalonica

3 Chalcidice

4 Summary

6 Early Christianity in Western Macedonia

1 Introduction

2 Edessa

3 Beroea

4 The Bottiaean Plain

5 Dium and the Pierian Plain

6 The Western Macedonian Frontier

7 Summary

7 Early Christianity in Northern Macedonia

1 Introduction

2 Stobi

3 Heraclea Lyncestis

4 Northern Rural Territories

5 Summary

Epilogue

Bibliography

Concordance

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Julien M. Ogereau, PhD (2014), Macquarie University, is a research fellow at the University of Vienna. He is the author of Paul’s Koinonia with the Philippians (Mohr Siebeck, 2014) and of several other articles on Paul and the early Christian communities of Macedonia.