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Edited by Cilliers Breytenbach and Julien M. Ogereau, 2018&#160;Series: Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, Volume: 103This book explores how early Christian communities constructed, developed, and asserted their identity and authority in various socio-cultural contexts in Asia Minor and Greece in the first five centuries CE. With the help of the database Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG), special attention is given to ancient inscriptions which represent a rich and valuable source of information on the early Christians’ social and religious identity, family networks, authority structures, and place and function in society. This collection of essays by various specialists of Early Christianity, Epigraphy, and Late Antiquity, offers a broad geographical survey of the expansion and socio-cultural development of Christianity/ies in Asia Minor and Greece, and sheds new light on the religious transformation of the Later Roman Empire. (Text by the editors)&#160;Contents:PrefaceList of AbbreviationsNotes on Contributors&#160;Early Christianity in Asia MinorPagane Relikte in der Spätantike: Griechische Katasterinschriften als religionsgeschichtliche Quellen - By: Ulrich HuttnerThe Acts of John and Christian Communities in Ephesus in the Mid-Second Century AD - By: Paul TrebilcoGraeco-Roman Associations, Judean Synagogues and Early Christianity in Bithynia-Pontus - By: Markus ÖhlerFrühes Christentum in Galatien: Inschriften aus dem südlichen Haymana-Hochland - By: Jennifer KrummPräsentation und Selbstrepräsentation von Christinnen auf lykaonischen Grabinschriften - By: Christiane ZimmermannRelational Identity and Roman Name-Giving among Lycaonian Christians - By: Cilliers BreytenbachDie Löwen der Berge: Lebendige, steinerne und literarische Löwen im Rauhen Kilikien - By: Philipp Pilhofer&#160;Early Christianity in Greece, the Southern Balkans, and BeyondEarly Christian Inscriptions from the Corinthia and the Peloponnese - By: Erkki SironenAuthority and Identity in the Early Christian Inscriptions from Macedonia - By: Julien M. OgereauThe Authority of Paul’s Memory and Early Christian Identity at Philippi - By: Cédric BrélazStobi in Late Antiquity: Epigraphic Testimonia - By: Slavica BabamovaThe Formation of a Pauline Letter Collection in Light of Roman Epigraphic Evidence - By: Laura S. NasrallahThe Use of Greek in the Early Christian Inscriptions from Rome and Italy (3rd–4th Cent.) - By: Antonio E. FelleFrom Aphrodite(s) to Saintly Bishops in Late Antique Cyprus - By: Georgios Deligiannakis