Authority and Identity in Emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece

Cilliers Breytenbach (Dr. theol., Dr. theol. habil, Munich 1984 and 1986) is Professor for the History, Literature and Religion of Early Christianity at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Professor extraordinary for New Testament and Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University and the author and editor of numerous books including Paulus und Barnabas in der Provinz Galatien (Brill, 1996), Grace, Reconciliation, Concord (Brill, 2010), and (with C. Zimmermann) Early Christianity in Lycaonia: From Paul to Amphilochius of Iconium (Brill, 2017).Julien M. Ogereau (Ph.D in Ancient History, Macquarie University 2014) is an LMUexcellent Research Fellow at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He is the author of Paul’s Koinonia with the Philippians (Mohr Siebeck, 2014) and of several other articles on the language and historical context of the New Testament. He is currently writing a book on early Christianity in Macedonia.

• PrefaceList of AbbreviationsList of FiguresNotes on ContributorsPart 1 Early Christianity in Asia Minor1 Pagane Relikte in der Spätantike: Griechische Katasterinschriften als religionsgeschichtliche QuellenUlrich Huttner2 The Acts of John and Christian Communities in Ephesus in the Mid-Second Century ADPaul Trebilco3 Graeco-Roman Associations, Judean Synagogues and Early Christianity in Bithynia-PontusMarkus Öhler4 Frühes Christentum in Galatien: Inschriften aus dem südlichen Haymana-HochlandJennifer Krumm5 Präsentation und Selbstrepräsentation von Christinnen auf lykaonischen GrabinschriftenChristiane Zimmermann6 Relational Identity and Roman Name-Giving among Lycaonian ChristiansCilliers Breytenbach7 Die Löwen der Berge: Lebendige, steinerne und literarische Löwen im Rauhen KilikienPhilipp PilhoferPart 2 Early Christianity in Greece, the Southern Balkans, and Beyond8 Early Christian Inscriptions from the Corinthia and the PeloponneseErkki Sironen9 Authority and Identity in the Early Christian Inscriptions from MacedoniaJulien M. Ogereau10 The Authority of Paul’s Memory and Early Christian Identity at PhilippiCédric Brélaz11 Stobi in Late Antiquity: Epigraphic TestimoniaSlavica Babamova12 The Formation of a Pauline Letter Collection in Light of Roman Epigraphic EvidenceLaura S. Nasrallah13 The Use of Greek in the Early Christian Inscriptions from Rome and Italy (3rd–4th Cent.)Antonio E. Felle14 From Aphrodite(s) to Saintly Bishops in Late Antique CyprusGeorgios DeligiannakisIndices

This is an unusually important collection of papers. It offers a wealth of new evidence on the development of Early Christianity, put together substantially on the basis of the new Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database. (...) This collection represents only the beginning of what will no doubt be a substantial and sustained move forward in the study of early Christianity in the Greek-speaking sphere. Peter Oakes, Journal for the Study of the new Testament, 2019