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  • From: "John Dickson" <dicksonj AT bigpond.net.au>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: size of Pauline congregations
  • Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:35:08 +1000

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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