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Fortress introduction to the New Testament

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The Bible and contemporary culture

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The first followers of Jesus: a sociological analysis of the earliest Christi…

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Sociology of early Palestinian Christianity, c.1-2

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The social setting of Pauline Christianity: essays on Corinth

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ISBN/ISSN

0-8006-0669-8

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xiv,210p.;23cm

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227.206 THE s

The social setting of Pauline Christianity: essays on Corinth

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ISBN/ISSN

1-59244-871-2

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xi,210p.; 22 cm.

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227.06 THE s