Corpus-Paul

["John Dickson" <jdickson AT bigpond.com>]

Rick Strelan wrote:

>There's a good chance that the 26 or so names mentioned
>by Paul in Rom 16 represents the whole lot [at Rome or Ephesus or wherever
>Rom 16 might be directed].

Could you please explain why you believe there is a good chance this brief
list in Rom 16 constitutes the whole church. They look to me (more) like a
list of recognised 'workers', which would imply that the number of those for
whom or among whom they worked was considerably larger. My general reason
for understanding them as 'workers' should be obvious from a brief read
through of the text.
Have I missed something. I am very interested in this question.

John Dickson
Department of Ancient History
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
jdickson AT bigpond.com