Kathleen E. Corley

A Woman's Place

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A wonderful collection of evidence for the participation of women in early Christian house churches, as patrons, leaders, presiders and funerary banquet hosts. Osiek, MacDonald and Tulloch continue the demonstration of the participation of women in the wider progressiveness of the Greco-Roman era, as well as document the centrality of that participation to early Christian communal life. Essential reading for scholars of the New Testament and antiquity alike.”

From Symposium to Eucharist

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“A veritable feast of information on the cultural, religious and social backgrounds to the social bonding and community formation at meals in early Christian communities. Smith provides a wealth of material for a new analysis of the impact that Greco-Roman meal customs had on the creation of community in the early church. His work has great significance for many areas of New Testament study, including Christian origins, gospel studies, and Pauline studies. Sure to become a classic resource for the social, religious and cultural background of the New Testament as a whole.”