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Names: Friesen, Steven J., editor. | Lychounas, Michalis, editor. | Schowalter, Daniel N., 1957– editor.
Title: Philippi, from Colonia Augusta to Communitas Christiana : religion and society in transition / edited by Steven J. Friesen, Michalis Lychounas, Daniel N. Schowalter.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022. | Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 0167–9732 ; volume 186 | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021042340 (print) | LCCN 2021042341 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004469327 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004469334 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Philippi (Extinct city)—Religion. | Philippi (Extinct city)—Church history. | Religion and sociology—Greece—Philippi (Extinct city) | Philippi (Extinct city)—Social life and customs. | Bible. Philippians—Criticism, interpretation, etc. | Excavations (Archaeology)—Greece—Philippi (Extinct city) | Philippi (Extinct city)—Antiquities.
Classification: LCC BL793.P48 P45 2022 (print) | LCC BL793.P48 (ebook) | DDC 200.938/1—dc23/eng/20211020
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ISSN 0167-9732
ISBN 978-90-04-46932-7 (hardback)
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