The Village in Antiquity and the Rise of Early Christianity

Alan Cadwallader is research fellow at Charles Stuart University, Australia James R. Harrison is research director at Sydney College of Divinity, Australia Angela Standhartinger is professor of New Testament at Phipps University Marburg, Germany L.L. Welborn is professor of New Testament at Fordham University, USA

List of Figures and Tables
Note on Abbreviation
Introduction
1. The Ancient Village and the Rise of Christianity - Thomas Robinson, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Methodological Issues and the Study of Ancient Villages
2. Methodological Issues and the Study of Ancient Villages - Alan H. Cadwallader, Charles Sturt University, Australia
The Village in the Ancient Near East
3. Village Life in Ancient Israel - Kyle H. Keimer, co-director of the excavations at Khirbet Arai, Israel
4. Village Life in Roman Galilee: Issues Arising from Poverty and Social Unrest - Warren Carter, Phillips Theological Seminary, USA
5. Deir el Medina: An Egyptian Village of the Latter Half of the 2nd Millennium BCE - Boyo Ockinga, Maquarie University, Australia
6. Trust Networks and Village Life in Roman Egypt: A Case Study of Tebtunis - Stephen Llewelyn, Macquarie University, Australia and Alexandra Robinson, United Theological College, Charles Sturt University, Australia
7. Village Life in the Gospels - Keith Dyer, Whitley College, Australia
8. Trust Networks and Village Life in Roman Galilee: A Case Study of the Gospel Narratives and Acts - Stephen Llewelyn, Macquarie University, Australia and Alexandra Robinson, United Theological College, Charles Sturt University, Australia
The Village in Asia Minor
9. Village Life in Galatia - Mark Wilson, University of South Africa, South Africa, and Stellenbosch University, South Africa
10. Village Life in the Kaystros River Valley of Ephesus - James R. Harrison, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia
11. Village Life in the Lycus Valley - Alan Cadwallader, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Village Life in Mainland and Isthmian Greece
12. Rural Communities and Early Christianity in Roman Philippi: A Tale of Missed Opportunities - Cédric Brélaz, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
13. Village Life in the Macedonian Hinterland of Thessalonica - Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Greek Open University and the International Hellenic University, Greek and Flora Karagianni, European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments and Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki
14. Early Christianity in the Villages of Corinthia - L. L. Welborn, Fordham University, USA
Village Life in the Italian Peninsula
15. Village Life in the Italian Peninsula and the Expansion of the Christian Movement: Literary and Epigraphic Perspectives - James R. Harrison, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia
Thematic Essays
16. The Life of Village Women in Antiquity: A Case Study on Lycaonia - Christiane Zimmermann, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany
17. The Social and Economic Life on Estates in Asia Minor - Thomas Corsten, University of Vienna, Austria
18. Village Associations as Microcosms of Greek Cities - D. Clint Burnett, Boston College, USA
List of Contributors
Indices