From synagogue to church: public services and offices in the earliest Christian communities

Abstract

Preface 1. The Reformation: challenge to an old consensus 2. The nineteenth century: a new consensus is formulated 3. The early twentieth century: the consensus is disputed 4. The last fifty years: the consensus restated, rechallenged, reused 5. A search for a new hypothesis 6. Jewish community organization in the later Second Temple period 7. The officers of the synagogue 8. Community organization in the early Christian settlement 9. A conclusion Index auctorum Index locorum.