Philippi, From Colonia Augusta to Communitas Christiana: Religion and Society in Transition

by: Friesen, S.J. Lychounas, M. Schowalter, D.N.

This volume provides a review of recent research in Philippi related to archaeology, demography, religion, the New Testament and early Christianity. Careful reading of texts, inscriptions, coins and other archaeological materials allow the reader to examine how religious practice in Philippi changed as the city moved from being a Hellenistic polis to a Roman colony to a center for Christian worship and pilgrimage. The essays raise questions about traditional understandings of material culture in Philippi, and come to conclusions that reflect more complicated and diverse views of the city and its inhabitants.

Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Author: Daniel N. Schowalter
Pages: 1–10
Part 1 Traditional Religion and Society in Philippi
Chapter 1 The Forum at Philippi: The Transformation of Public Space from the Establishment of the Colony to the Early Byzantine Period
Author: Michel Sève
Pages: 13–35
Chapter 2 Reconstructing the Religious Landscape of the Roman Colony of Philippi
Author: Athanasios Rizakis
Pages: 36–67
Chapter 3 Thracian, Greek, or Roman? Ethnic and Social Identities of Worshippers (and Gods) in Roman Philippi
Author: Cédric Brélaz
Pages: 68–89
Chapter 4 Non-Romans in the Roman Colony of Philippi and Their Hybrid Identities: The Case of the Thracian Population
Author: Ekaterini G. Tsalampouni
Pages: 90–107
Chapter 5 Numismatic History of Philippi: From the Greek City-State to the Roman Colony
Author: Katerina Chryssanthaki-Nagle
Pages: 108–124
Chapter 6 The Sanctuary of Hero Auloneites on Mt. Pangaion: Tracing Continuity and Change of Religious Practices in the Territory of Philippi
Authors: Chaido Koukouli-Chryssanthaki and Dimitra Malamidou
Pages: 125–162
Chapter 7 Maintaining the City: Enslaved Labor and Trade in Roman Philippi
Author: Sarah E. Bond
Pages: 163–182
Part 2 Paul and His Influence
Chapter 8 “Let Us Know Anything Further Which You Have Heard”: Mapping Philippian Connectivity
Author: Cavan Concannon
Pages: 185–207
Chapter 9 Cost and Abundance in Roman Philippi: The Letter to the Philippians in Its Context
Authors: Jennifer Quigley and Laura Nasrallah
Pages: 208–232
Chapter 10 Echoes in the Praetorium: Place, People, and Prospects in Philippians 1:13
Author: Michael Flexsenhar III
Pages: 233–251
Chapter 11 Popular Heroization in Philippian Funerary Epigraphy and Paul?s Letter to the Philippians
Author: Peter Oakes
Pages: 252–277
Chapter 12 Class and Ideology in Acts 16: The Philippian Narrative as a Failed Revolution
Author: Steven J. Friesen
Pages: 278–295
Chapter 13 Paul and Philippi: The Early Cult of the Apostle and the Topography of the Late Antique City
Author: Aristotelis Mentzos
Pages: 296–315
Chapter 14 “The Beloved Community” after Paul: Early Christianity in Philippi from the Second to the Fourth Century
Author: Angela Standhartinger
Pages: 316–335
Part 3 Late Antique and Byzantine Developments
Chapter 15 New Evidence for the Civic Center from the Roman Colony to the Late Byzantine Period: Excavation of the Parking Lot at the Archaeological Museum of Philippi
Author: Sofia Doukata-Demertzi
Pages: 339–386
Chapter 16 Christian Philippi: The Cases of the Fourth and Fifth Residential Insulae of the Newly Excavated Area
Authors: Emmanuela Gounari and Melina Paissidou
Pages: 387–421
Chapter 17 Reassessing Urban Continuity in Early Medieval Philippi
Author: Natalia Poulou
Pages: 422–455
Chapter 18 Terra a mano: The Handmade Pottery of Philippi and Its Implications for the Transformation of the City during the Early Byzantine Period
Author: Stavros Zachariadis
Pages: 456–481
Back Matter
Index

Philippi, From Colonia Augusta to Communitas Christiana: Religion and Society in Transition

by: Friesen, S.J. Lychounas, M. Schowalter, D.N.

• ISBN-13: 9789004469327 / 978-90-04-46932-7
• ISBN-03: 900446932X / 90-04-46932-X
• E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2021