Richard S Ascough

Lydia

Paul's Cosmopolitan Hostess
Herausgeber: Malina, Bruce J

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Produktbeschreibung

Women played a prominent role in the development of the early Jesus communities and formed an essential part of Paul's social network. Lydia was one such woman. Her heart was opened to Paul's message, she responded with faith by being baptized, and she offered her home in hospitality to Paul and his companions. But beyond this not much is known of her. In Lydia: Paul's Cosmopolitan Hostess, Richard S. Ascough constructs an image of Lydia based on what is known about the political, commercial, social, and religious norms of the first-century world. Ascough describes the styles of possible dwellings in which Lydia could have lived, the business opportunities that would have been available to her, and the religious cults that held sway in Philippi at the time. With Ascough, readers will find that the importance of Lydia's story is that she hears the message of God through Paul and responds with faith.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liturgical Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 191g
• ISBN-13: 9780814652695
• ISBN-10: 0814652697
• Artikelnr.: 25856914

Autorenporträt

Richard S. Ascough is a Professor in the School of Religion at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. He has written extensively on the formation of early Christ groups and Greco-Roman religious culture, with particular attention to various types of associations. He has published dozens of essays and ten books, including Associations in the Greco-Roman World (with John Kloppenborg and Philip Harland, 2012) and 1 and 2 Thessalonians: Encountering the Christ Group at Thessalonike (2014).