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The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians
Essays in Honor of L. Michael White
Series: - Novum Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 189
This volume contains fifteen essays in honor of L. Michael White, whose work has been influential in exploring the social histories of ancient Jews and Christians within the Graeco-Roman world. Following an introduction that highlights some of Whiteâs main scholarly contributions, the essays are grouped into three topic areas: Paul and his Legacy, Social Relations, and Material Culture. The essays are united by an interest in reconstructing the social worlds of ancient Jews and Christians through careful analysis of literary sources and material culture in their most precise ancient contexts.
Jaimie Gunderson, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow of Teaching and Research in the Religious Studies Department at George Mason University. Her published work focuses on embodiment and emotion in early Christian texts.
Tony Keddie, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Class and Power in Roman Palestine: The Socioeconomic Setting of Judaism and Christian Origins (Cambridge, 2019).
Douglas Boin, Ph.D., Classics, is Associate Professor of History at Saint Louis University. His is the author, most recently, of Alaric the Goth: An Outsiderâs History of the Fall of Rome (W. W. Norton, 2020).
Tony Keddie, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Class and Power in Roman Palestine: The Socioeconomic Setting of Judaism and Christian Origins (Cambridge, 2019).
Douglas Boin, Ph.D., Classics, is Associate Professor of History at Saint Louis University. His is the author, most recently, of Alaric the Goth: An Outsiderâs History of the Fall of Rome (W. W. Norton, 2020).
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âJaimie Gunderson, Tony Keddie, and Douglas Boin
Selected Publications of L. Michael White
1 Are Paulâs Moral Teachings Designed for Ordinary Humans?
âStanley Stowers
2 Gods and Non-Gods in Galatians: Reconsidering Paulâs Stoicheia
âEmma Wasserman
3 Crisis Management and Boundary Maintenance
Gentile Christ-Followers, Multiple Identities, and Sacrificial Practices in Corinth
âRichard A. Wright
4 Corinthian PDA
Medea Monuments, 2 Corinthians, and the Negotiation of Grief
âJaimie Gunderson
5 The Function of Paulâs Grief in Romans 9:1â2 in Light of Hellenistic Moral Philosophy
Transforming Gentilesâ Misunderstanding and Boasting
âJin Young Kim
6 Reading between Two Worlds
Philippians and the Formation of Pauline Letter Collections
âAngela Standhartinger
7 Dining in Martialâs World
âJohn T. Fitzgerald
8 The Pliny-Trajan Correspondence about Christians as Epistolary Fiction
âTony Keddie
9 Did Paganismâs First Intellectual Encounter with Christianity Include a Jew?
Celsus and Philo
âGregory E. Sterling
10 Social Relations between Jews and Christians in the Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity
âRoss S. Kraemer
11 Greek Tragedy, Pompeian Amphitheater Art, and Christian Martyrs in Neroâs Gardens
1 Clem. 6.2 and Tacitus, Ann. 15.44
âDavid L. Balch
12 Putting Gods in Their Place
Terracotta Figurines Discovered in the Synagogue Complex at Ostia
âMary Jane Cuyler
13 The Production of Late-Antique Lamps with Jewish Symbols in Rome and Ostia
âLetizia Ceccarelli
14 The Archaeology of Two Early Gospels
P.Oxy. 1 and 2 and the Trash Mounds of Oxyrhynchus
âGeoffrey S. Smith
15 The Latinity of the Muratorian Fragment
âLife to the Reader, Forgiveness to the Scribe, Salvation to the Possessorâ
âClare K. Rothschild
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Subjects
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âJaimie Gunderson, Tony Keddie, and Douglas Boin
Selected Publications of L. Michael White
Part 1: Paul and His Legacy
1 Are Paulâs Moral Teachings Designed for Ordinary Humans?
âStanley Stowers
2 Gods and Non-Gods in Galatians: Reconsidering Paulâs Stoicheia
âEmma Wasserman
3 Crisis Management and Boundary Maintenance
Gentile Christ-Followers, Multiple Identities, and Sacrificial Practices in Corinth
âRichard A. Wright
4 Corinthian PDA
Medea Monuments, 2 Corinthians, and the Negotiation of Grief
âJaimie Gunderson
5 The Function of Paulâs Grief in Romans 9:1â2 in Light of Hellenistic Moral Philosophy
Transforming Gentilesâ Misunderstanding and Boasting
âJin Young Kim
6 Reading between Two Worlds
Philippians and the Formation of Pauline Letter Collections
âAngela Standhartinger
Part 2: Social Relations
7 Dining in Martialâs World
âJohn T. Fitzgerald
8 The Pliny-Trajan Correspondence about Christians as Epistolary Fiction
âTony Keddie
9 Did Paganismâs First Intellectual Encounter with Christianity Include a Jew?
Celsus and Philo
âGregory E. Sterling
10 Social Relations between Jews and Christians in the Mediterranean Diaspora in Late Antiquity
âRoss S. Kraemer
Part 3: Material Culture
11 Greek Tragedy, Pompeian Amphitheater Art, and Christian Martyrs in Neroâs Gardens
1 Clem. 6.2 and Tacitus, Ann. 15.44
âDavid L. Balch
12 Putting Gods in Their Place
Terracotta Figurines Discovered in the Synagogue Complex at Ostia
âMary Jane Cuyler
13 The Production of Late-Antique Lamps with Jewish Symbols in Rome and Ostia
âLetizia Ceccarelli
14 The Archaeology of Two Early Gospels
P.Oxy. 1 and 2 and the Trash Mounds of Oxyrhynchus
âGeoffrey S. Smith
15 The Latinity of the Muratorian Fragment
âLife to the Reader, Forgiveness to the Scribe, Salvation to the Possessorâ
âClare K. Rothschild
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Subjects
This volume will appeal to students and scholars specializing in areas related to the study of the New Testament and ancient Mediterranean religions through its comprehensive approach to the social histories of ancient Judaism and Christianity.