Thomas R. Blanton IV is visiting professor of New Testament at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Raymond Pickett is professor of New Testament at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He is the author of The Cross in Corinth (1997) and Blanton of A Spiritual Economy: Gift Exchange in the Letters of Paul of Tarsus (forthcoming). Both have published numerous scholarly studies.
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Introduction -Raymond Pickett1. The Roman Economy in the Early Empire-David B. Hollander2. Urban Poverty in the Roman Empire-Jinyu Liu3. Economic Profiling of Early Christian Communities-Timothy A. Brookins4. Paul's Shift in Economic "Location" in the Locations of the Roman Imperial Economy-Richard A. Horsley5. Architecture: Where Did Pauline Communities Meet?-Annette Weissenrieder6. Paul and Slavery-Ulrike Roth7. Economic Location of Benefactors in Pauline Communities-Zeba A. Crook8. Food and Drink in the Greco-Roman World and in the Pauline Communities-John T. Fitzgerald9. Socioeconomic Stratification and the Lord's Supper-Neil Elliott10. The Economic Functions of Gift Exchange in Pauline Assemblies-Thomas R. Blanton IV11. Paul's Collection for Jerusalem and the Financial Practices in Greek Cities-John S. Kloppenborg12. Economic Aspects of Inter-City Travel among the Pauline Assemblies-Cavan Concannon13. Marxism and Capitalism in Pauline Studies-L. L. Welborn14. A New Horizon for Paul and the Philosophers-Ward Blanton