We know very little about the everyday life of Christ believers in the first years. What can be
extrapolated from other ancient sources must be combined with the minimal evidence from
Christian sources. The two major ...
Osiek, Carolyn(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-09)
The article shows that first-century urban Christian communities, such as those
founded by Paul, brought in both whole families and individual women, slaves, and others. An example
of an early Christian family can be ...
Osiek, Carolyn(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
Much has been written about how the social structures of honor and shame affected women in Mediterranean antiquity. Sometimes "honor and shame" are taken out of context and used as absolute opposites, an oversimplification. ...
