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Group survival in the ancient Mediterranean : rethinking material conditions in the landscape of Jews and Christians / Richard Last and Philip A. Harland.

Contributor(s): Last, Richard [author.] | Harland, Philip A [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: [London, England] : T & T Clark Ltd., 2020Distributor: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780567694034Subject(s): Christianity -- Origin -- Mediterranean Region | Christianity -- History -- Mediterranean Region | Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 | Judaism -- History -- Mediterranean Region | Biblical studies & exegesisGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 270.1 LOC classification: BR129 | .L385 2020ebAlso published in print.
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1: Accessing Resources -- 1) Benefaction -- 2) Fees, fines, and the common treasury -- 3) Collections and offerings -- Part 2: Managing Expenses - Social, Religious, and Other -- 4) Meeting-places and building expenses -- 5) Social and religious expenses -- Part 3: Supporting Members -- 6) Burial -- 7) Mutual support and 'charity' -- Conclusion: Assessing the Survival of Christian Groups
Summary: "Philip A. Harland and Richard Last consider the economics of early Christian group life within its social, cultural and economic contexts, by drawing on extensive epigraphic and archaeological evidence. In exploring the informal associations, immigrant groups, and guilds that dotted the world of the early Christians, Harland and Last provide fresh perspective on the question of how Christian assemblies and Judean/Jewish gatherings gained necessary resources to pursue their social, religious, and additional aims. By considering both neglected archaeological discoveries and literary evidence, the authors analyse financial and material aspects of group life, both sources of income and various areas of expenditure. Harland and Last then turn to the use of material resources for mutual support of members in various groups, including the importance of burial and the practice of interest-free loans. Christian and Judean evidence is explored throughout this book, culminating in a discussion of texts detailing the internal financial life of Christian assemblies as seen in first and second century sources, including Paul, the Didache, Justin Martyr, and Tertullian. In shedding new light on early Christian financial organisation, this volume aids further understanding of how some Christian groups survived and developed in the Greco-Roman world."-- Provided by publisher.
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Introduction -- Part 1: Accessing Resources -- 1) Benefaction -- 2) Fees, fines, and the common treasury -- 3) Collections and offerings -- Part 2: Managing Expenses - Social, Religious, and Other -- 4) Meeting-places and building expenses -- 5) Social and religious expenses -- Part 3: Supporting Members -- 6) Burial -- 7) Mutual support and 'charity' -- Conclusion: Assessing the Survival of Christian Groups

"Philip A. Harland and Richard Last consider the economics of early Christian group life within its social, cultural and economic contexts, by drawing on extensive epigraphic and archaeological evidence. In exploring the informal associations, immigrant groups, and guilds that dotted the world of the early Christians, Harland and Last provide fresh perspective on the question of how Christian assemblies and Judean/Jewish gatherings gained necessary resources to pursue their social, religious, and additional aims. By considering both neglected archaeological discoveries and literary evidence, the authors analyse financial and material aspects of group life, both sources of income and various areas of expenditure. Harland and Last then turn to the use of material resources for mutual support of members in various groups, including the importance of burial and the practice of interest-free loans. Christian and Judean evidence is explored throughout this book, culminating in a discussion of texts detailing the internal financial life of Christian assemblies as seen in first and second century sources, including Paul, the Didache, Justin Martyr, and Tertullian. In shedding new light on early Christian financial organisation, this volume aids further understanding of how some Christian groups survived and developed in the Greco-Roman world."-- Provided by publisher.

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