The First Christians of Athens
In Acts 17:34, Luke records a group of Athenians that "believed" in response to Paul's ministry in the city, a group including two named individuals--Dionysius the Areopagite and Damaris--and "others with them." This paper will discuss these first Christ-followers of Athens...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Australian biblical review
Year: 2020, Volume: 68, Pages: 40-53 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Apostelgeschichte 17,34
/ Athens
/ Church
/ Greece
/ Mission
/ Dionysius Biblical character ca. 1.Jh.
/ Damaris, Heilige, Biblische Person
/ City
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Summary: | In Acts 17:34, Luke records a group of Athenians that "believed" in response to Paul's ministry in the city, a group including two named individuals--Dionysius the Areopagite and Damaris--and "others with them." This paper will discuss these first Christ-followers of Athens in light of literary and material evidence pertinent to Athens, Luke's broader practice of recording individuals and groups, and recent scholarship on early Christian groups in other cities in order to draw some inferences about the earliest Christian community in Athens. It will be suggested that Dionysius and Damaris were "benefactors" who offered hospitality to the nascent Christ-group, a community of 20-50 individuals which could have, in the first instance, been centred in the urban deme of Melite--an area with a mixed population of wealthy Athenians and foreign tradespeople. |
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| ISSN: | 0045-0308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Australian biblical review
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