Corpus-Paul

["John Dickson" <dicksonj AT bigpond.net.au>]

At Jeffrey Gibson's request, here are de Vos' estimates for the three Pauline congregations he studies:

Thessalonica: against  J. L. Hill's estimate (75 persons), de Vos proposes just 20-25 persons meeting in an insula workshop.

Corinth: de Vos rejects the usual estimates of about 50 and proposes about 100 persons meeting in several house churches.

Philippi: rejecting Portefaix's and Oakes' approx. 100 persons, de Vos estimates just 30 persons meeting in a small house or insula workshop.

The arguments leading to these estimates are worth considering even if, at times, one wonders if the whole discussion requires a great deal of speculation.

Kind regards,

John Dickson

Department of Ancient History

Macquarie University

Sydney, Australia

John Dickson wrote:

There is a good discussion of the numerical sizes of various Pauline congregations in Craig de Vos' 'Church and Community Conflicts' SBLDS 168.

Can you give us his estimates/conclusions for each of the Pauline Churches?

Yours,

Jeffrey
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