- [UNTITLED]
- Acknowledgements
- List of Maps
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- From Patristics to Early Christian Studies
- Literature, Patristics, Early Christian Writing
- Which Early Christianity?
- Material Evidence (1): Archaeology
- Material Evidence (2): Visual Culture
- Epigraphy
- Palaeography and Codicology
- Jews and Christians
- Pagans and Christians
- ‘Gnosticism’
- Manichaeism
- Arius and Arians
- Pelagius and Pelagians
- The West (1): Italy, Gaul, and Spain
- The West (2): North Africa
- The East (1): Greece and Asia Minor
- The East (2): Egypt and Palestine
- The East (3): Syria and Mesopotamia
- Clergy and Laity
- The Biblical Canon
- Creeds, Councils, and Canons
- Church and Empire
- Women and Gender
- Monasticism
- Early Christian Apocryphal Literature
- Apologetics
- Homiletics
- Early Christian Historians and Historiography
- Martyr Passions and Hagiography
- Poetry and Hymnography (1): Christian Latin Poetry
- Poetry and Hymnography (2): The Greek World
- Poetry and Hymnography (3): Syriac
- Christian Philosophy
- Christian Initiation
- Eucharistic Liturgy
- Prayer
- Asceticism
- Penance
- Martyrdom and the Cult of the Saints
- Pilgrimage
- Interpretation of Scripture
- Doctrine of God
- Christ and Christologies
- Doctrine of Creation
- Early Christian Ethics
- <i>Instrumenta Studiorum</i>: Tools of the Trade
- General Subject Index
- Index of Persons Ancient (<i>Ancient and Modern</i>)
- Index of Biblical Citations
Abstract and Keywords
The apostle Paul was primarily responsible for the initial introduction of Christianity in western, central, and southern Asia Minor and in the Greek peninsula. During the mid-first century his evangelism had taken him from the first communities of Christians in Palestine and Syria as far as the northern frontier regions in the Balkans. Paul's writings were even more influential; in particular, his letters were included in the canon of the New Testament, along with the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles. As a result, while the Gospels of course highlighted Jesus's ministry in Palestine, much of the rest of the New Testament represented the concerns of early Christian communities in Asia Minor and Greece. Asia Minor in particular retained its vital importance in eastern Christianity for centuries, producing several of the major theologians of late antiquity.
Keywords: apostle Paul, Christianity, evangelism, New Testament, Gospels, Roman Empire
Raymond Van Dam is Professor of History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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- [UNTITLED]
- Acknowledgements
- List of Maps
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- From Patristics to Early Christian Studies
- Literature, Patristics, Early Christian Writing
- Which Early Christianity?
- Material Evidence (1): Archaeology
- Material Evidence (2): Visual Culture
- Epigraphy
- Palaeography and Codicology
- Jews and Christians
- Pagans and Christians
- ‘Gnosticism’
- Manichaeism
- Arius and Arians
- Pelagius and Pelagians
- The West (1): Italy, Gaul, and Spain
- The West (2): North Africa
- The East (1): Greece and Asia Minor
- The East (2): Egypt and Palestine
- The East (3): Syria and Mesopotamia
- Clergy and Laity
- The Biblical Canon
- Creeds, Councils, and Canons
- Church and Empire
- Women and Gender
- Monasticism
- Early Christian Apocryphal Literature
- Apologetics
- Homiletics
- Early Christian Historians and Historiography
- Martyr Passions and Hagiography
- Poetry and Hymnography (1): Christian Latin Poetry
- Poetry and Hymnography (2): The Greek World
- Poetry and Hymnography (3): Syriac
- Christian Philosophy
- Christian Initiation
- Eucharistic Liturgy
- Prayer
- Asceticism
- Penance
- Martyrdom and the Cult of the Saints
- Pilgrimage
- Interpretation of Scripture
- Doctrine of God
- Christ and Christologies
- Doctrine of Creation
- Early Christian Ethics
- <i>Instrumenta Studiorum</i>: Tools of the Trade
- General Subject Index
- Index of Persons Ancient (<i>Ancient and Modern</i>)
- Index of Biblical Citations