Corpus-Paul

[Loren Rosson <rossoiii AT yahoo.com>]

Andrew Goddard wrote:

> > I've been asked about the size of Pauline
> > congregations eg at Corinth

Jeffrey Gibson responded:

> I don't have the citation handy to confirm this (it
> is, I believe in his work on
> Corinth and in his _Paul: A critical Life_), but my
> memory is that Murphy-O'Connor
> estimates a congregation of no larger than 50
> members...I await correction.

In the latter work, I believe Murphy-O'Connor insisted
on there being no less than 40 members. I don't recall
a no-more-than-50 figure. But neither do I have the
book at hand. So I too await correction, but will look
up the figures tonight.

Loren Rosson III
Nashua NH
rossoiii AT yahoo.com


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