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The Social Context of Paul’s Ministry: Tentmaking and Apostleship is unavailable, but you can change that!

Ronald Hock focuses on the apostle Paul and his work within the social and intellectual context of the Greek East of the early Roman Empire. He discusses the New Testament evidence concerning tentmaking in relation to Paul’s life as an apostle of Christ. Relevant literary and nonliterary texts from outside the New Testament add detail to a picture of ancient society and open new areas for study....

scholars who are now attempting a social description of early Christianity.9 The aims of this investigation of Paul’s tentmaking need to be stated more fully. There are two. The first aim is critical, that is, to discuss and assess what has been said regarding Paul’s tentmaking: whether Paul’s trade involved weaving or leatherworking, whether Paul’s having a trade was due to his following a rabbinic practice, and whether Paul’s views on work were similar to Jewish
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