Travel among Early Christians: A Socio-theological Analysis of Pauline and Ignatian Communities /
Travel Among Early Christians approaches intercommunal movement between churches as a valuable source of insights regarding social and theological aspects of early Christianity. Incorporating theories from mobility studies and ancient institutions that facilitated travel, Borges traces how travel fu...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2025.
Series:
Biblical Interpretation Series ;
232.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
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Call Number: BS709.4
| Summary: | Travel Among Early Christians approaches intercommunal movement between churches as a valuable source of insights regarding social and theological aspects of early Christianity. Incorporating theories from mobility studies and ancient institutions that facilitated travel, Borges traces how travel functioned as a formative practice among early Christians' group identities, and signified a new cosmic reality regarding their unity in Christ. Borges investigates six specific travel events in Pauline and Ignatian churches, noting how mobility became a distinctive and revealing aspect of early Christianity. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004736009 |