The Village in Antiquity and the Rise of Early Christianity

List of Figures and Tables
Note on Abbreviation
Introduction
1. The Ancient Village and the Rise of Christianity - Thomas Robinson, University of Lethbridge, Canada
Methodological Issues and the Study of Ancient Villages
2. Methodological Issues and the Study of Ancient Villages - Alan H. Cadwallader, Charles Sturt University, Australia
The Village in the Ancient Near East
3. Village Life in Ancient Israel - Kyle H. Keimer, co-director of the excavations at Khirbet Arai, Israel
4. Village Life in Roman Galilee: Issues Arising from Poverty and Social Unrest - Warren Carter, Phillips Theological Seminary, USA
5. Deir el Medina: An Egyptian Village of the Latter Half of the 2nd Millennium BCE - Boyo Ockinga, Maquarie University, Australia
6. Trust Networks and Village Life in Roman Egypt: A Case Study of Tebtunis - Stephen Llewelyn, Macquarie University, Australia and Alexandra Robinson, United Theological College, Charles Sturt University, Australia
7. Village Life in the Gospels - Keith Dyer, Whitley College, Australia
8. Trust Networks and Village Life in Roman Galilee: A Case Study of the Gospel Narratives and Acts - Stephen Llewelyn, Macquarie University, Australia and Alexandra Robinson, United Theological College, Charles Sturt University, Australia
The Village in Asia Minor
9. Village Life in Galatia - Mark Wilson, University of South Africa, South Africa, and Stellenbosch University, South Africa
10. Village Life in the Kaystros River Valley of Ephesus - James R. Harrison, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia
11. Village Life in the Lycus Valley - Alan Cadwallader, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Village Life in Mainland and Isthmian Greece
12. Rural Communities and Early Christianity in Roman Philippi: A Tale of Missed Opportunities - Cédric Brélaz, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
13. Village Life in the Macedonian Hinterland of Thessalonica - Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, Greek Open University and the International Hellenic University, Greek and Flora Karagianni, European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments and Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki
14. Early Christianity in the Villages of Corinthia - L. L. Welborn, Fordham University, USA
Village Life in the Italian Peninsula
15. Village Life in the Italian Peninsula and the Expansion of the Christian Movement: Literary and Epigraphic Perspectives - James R. Harrison, Sydney College of Divinity, Australia
Thematic Essays
16. The Life of Village Women in Antiquity: A Case Study on Lycaonia - Christiane Zimmermann, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany
17. The Social and Economic Life on Estates in Asia Minor - Thomas Corsten, University of Vienna, Austria
18. Village Associations as Microcosms of Greek Cities - D. Clint Burnett, Boston College, USA
List of Contributors
Indices