Books by Julien M . Ogereau
In this volume Julien M. Ogereau investigates the origins and development of Christianity in the ... more In this volume Julien M. Ogereau investigates the origins and development of Christianity in the Roman province of Macedonia in the first six centuries CE. Drawing from the oldest literary sources, Ogereau reconstructs the earliest history of the first Christian communities in the region and explores the legacy of the apostle Paul in the cities of Philippi, Thessalonica, and Beroea. Turning to the epigraphic and archaeological evidence, Ogereau then examines Christianity's dissemination throughout the province and its impact on Macedonian society in late antiquity, especially on its epigraphic habits and material culture. Series: Early Christianity in Greece Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, Volume: 119
This book explores how early Christian communities constructed, developed, and asserted their ide... more This book explores how early Christian communities constructed, developed, and asserted their identity and authority in various socio-cultural contexts in Asia Minor and Greece in the first five centuries CE. With the help of the database Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG), special attention is given to ancient inscriptions which represent a rich and valuable source of information on the early Christians’ social and religious identity, family networks, authority structures, and place and function in society. This collection of essays by various specialists of Early Christianity, Epigraphy, and Late Antiquity, offers a broad geographical survey of the expansion and socio-cultural development of Christianity/ies in Asia Minor and Greece, and sheds new light on the religious transformation of the Later Roman Empire.
This dissertation elucidates through a socio-historical investigation one of the strategies the a... more This dissertation elucidates through a socio-historical investigation one of the strategies the apostle Paul employed to finance his missionary activities throughout the Roman Greek East in the first century C.E. It consists of a comprehensive philological survey of the economic terms Paul employed in Philippians (Part 1), and a socio-economic exegesis and analysis of the letter (Part 2). It concludes that Paul’s relationship with the Philippians followed the well-established pattern of socio-economic partnership (κοινωνία/societas), whereby Paul supplied the ars and opera (skill and labour), while the Philippians contributed the pecunia (funds).
Papers by Julien M . Ogereau
Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum 32, 2024
Encyclopedic entry on Thessalonica in Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum 32.
(Full article av... more Encyclopedic entry on Thessalonica in Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum 32.
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Early Christianity, 2023
This paper offers a general overview of the rise and expansion of Christianity in Macedonia betwe... more This paper offers a general overview of the rise and expansion of Christianity in Macedonia between the first and sixth centuries AD. It highlights that, in the absence of detailed literary sources, epigraphic and archaeological material represents our best source of information on the topic. The available evidence demonstrates that Christianity took root in the main urban centers (i. e., Thessalonica, Philippi, and Beroea possibly) in the first century and spread in all directions along the main communication axes in subsequent centuries. By the fifth century, it pervaded the entire Macedonian territory and effectuated a profound religious and cultural transformation of Macedonian society.
The First Urban Churches, vol. 7: Thessalonica, 2022
This article is a condensed version of the fifth chapter of my forthcoming monograph, Early Chris... more This article is a condensed version of the fifth chapter of my forthcoming monograph, Early Christianity in Macedonia: From Paul to the Late Sixth Century (Leiden: Brill), and an extended version of my forthcoming article on Thessalonica for the Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum. It provides a broad overview of the history of Christianity in Thessalonica between II and VI CE from the perspective of epigraphic and archaeological sources primarily.
God's Grace Inscribed on the Human Heart Essays in Honour of James R. Harrison , 2022
This paper explores the significance of the triad πίστις, ἀγάπη, and ἐλπίς, found in 1 Thessaloni... more This paper explores the significance of the triad πίστις, ἀγάπη, and ἐλπίς, found in 1 Thessalonians 1:3 in light of epigraphic documents. It adduces a number of inscriptions which illustrate the different semantic nuances the terms could acquire in civic, domestic, and cultic contexts. It suggests new ways to interpret how the verse might have been initially intended by the author and understood by a first-century audience. Thereby it aims to demonstrate the enduring relevance of epigraphic material for the study of the New Testament.
Sōtēria: Salvation in Early Christianity and Antiquity, 2019
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This essay explores the soteriology of the early Christians from Asia Minor and Greece as evidenced in inscriptions dated between the second and the sixth centuries. Using the Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG) collection, a digital database of early Christian Greek inscriptions pioneered by Cilliers Breytenbach within the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, Berlin, it investigates how the idea of salvation, a core tenet of the Christian message, was conceived of and expressed in epigraphic documents. Particular attention is paid to the use of the terms σωτήρ, σωτηρία, and σῴζω (or ῥύοµαι) in engraved invocations, epitaphs, or votives, which are shown to offer rare insights into early Christian understandings of salvation.
Sprachen – Schriftkulturen – Identitäten der Antike; Beiträge des XV. Internationalen Kongresses für Griechische und Lateinische Epigraphik, Wien 28. August bis 1. September 2017, 2019
This paper offers a report on the completion and publication of the first version of a database o... more This paper offers a report on the completion and publication of the first version of a database of early Christian Greek inscriptions from Asia Minor and Greece, which was developed by the research groups B-III-2 and B-5-3 of the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, Berlin, from 2008 to 2016. It explains the rationale, structure, and content of the database, and announces anticipated publication outputs made possible by this new research tool.
The First Urban Churches, vol. 4: Philippi., 2018
C o r r e c t i o n s NB: a number of mistakes were introducted in the last editing stages and le... more C o r r e c t i o n s NB: a number of mistakes were introducted in the last editing stages and left uncorrected. CIPh 2.1 = C. Brélaz, ed., Corpus des inscriptions grecques et latines de Philippes, Tome II: L a Colonie Romaine; P artie 1: L a vie publique de la colonie. Athens: École Française d'Athènes, 2014. Pilhofer, Philippi 2 = Peter Pilhofer, ed., Philippi, vol. 2: K atalog der Inschriften von Philippi. 2nd ed. WUNT 119. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009. p. 91, n. 47: IG 2213343 = IG II/III2 13343 (IG 12.8.595 = IG XII 8.595) p. 96, n. 67: IG 2.212 = IG II/III2 212 (IG 13.84 = IG I3 84) -28 (on the question of the défi nition of soziale Elite and Oberschichtigen). For a recent critique of binary and pyra midal stratification models of Roman society, and the alternative proposai (already
Epigraphical Evidence Illustrating Paul's Letter to the Colossians, 2018
A fresh look at the significance of χειρόγραφον in Colossians 2:14 in the light of inscriptions. ... more A fresh look at the significance of χειρόγραφον in Colossians 2:14 in the light of inscriptions. Offprint available upon request.
Pp. 217–39 in Identity and Authority in Emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece. Edited ... more Pp. 217–39 in Identity and Authority in Emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece. Edited by C. Breytenbach and J. M. Ogereau. AJEC 103. Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Identity and Authority in Emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece, 2018
Pp. ix–xvi in Identity and Authority in Emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece. Edited ... more Pp. ix–xvi in Identity and Authority in Emerging Christianities in Asia Minor and Greece. Edited by C. Breytenbach and J. M. Ogereau. AJEC 103. Leiden: Brill, 2018.
Early Christianity, 2017
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A brief report on the completion and publication of the first ... more Article available upon request.
A brief report on the completion and publication of the first version of a database of early Christian Greek inscriptions from Asia Minor and Greece which has been developed by the research groups B-III-2 and B-5-3 of the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, Berlin. It explains the rationale, structure, and content of the database, and announces anticipated publication outputs made possible by this new research tool.
Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception Online, 2017
Köhler, Ludwig communities. After joining the editorial board of The Jewish Encyclopedia, he wrot... more Köhler, Ludwig communities. After joining the editorial board of The Jewish Encyclopedia, he wrote articles on Christianity and the history of the Jewish-Christian encounters which were intended for Christian readers, perhaps even more than Jewish ones. Among his fellow Jewish editors he was still considered a radical and was not allowed to work on Jewish biblical themes.
The First Urban Churches. Volume 1: Methodological Considerations., 2015
An introductory methodological treatise on how to use epigraphic evidence to illuminate the socio... more An introductory methodological treatise on how to use epigraphic evidence to illuminate the socio-economic context of the early Christians.
Novum Testamentum (2015)
Article available upon request. This article consists of the summary of a comprehensive survey of... more Article available upon request. This article consists of the summary of a comprehensive survey of the terms κοινωνία, κοινωνός, and κοινωνέω, in documentary sources (i.e., inscriptions and papyri). Moving beyond basic semantic questions, it focuses on the usages and pragmatic connotations of these cognates in a wide range of documentary contexts dating between ca. V B.C. and A.D. VII. Thereby it purports to broaden current understandings of the terms, draw attention to unsuspected or overlooked connotations, and highlight potentially relevant examples vis-à-vis the NT.
New Testament Studies , 2014
This article endeavours to illuminate the socio-economic dimension of Paul’s κοινωνία with the Ph... more This article endeavours to illuminate the socio-economic dimension of Paul’s κοινωνία with the Philippians. It initially adduces a representative sample of philological evidence which demonstrates that κοινωνία and its cognates (κοινωνός, κοινωνέω) frequently convey the sense of partnership in some economic enterprise, and establishes a semantic equivalence between κοινωνία and societas (partnership). It is then argued that, from a Roman socio-economic and legal perspective, Paul’s κοινωνία consisted of a societas unius rei (i.e., societas evangelii), whereby Paul supplied the ars and opera (skill and labour), while the Philippians contributed the pecunia (funds) to ensure the progress of his mission.
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This paper endeavours to elucidate the phrase εἰς λόγον δόσεως καὶ λήμψεως found in the letter of... more This paper endeavours to elucidate the phrase εἰς λόγον δόσεως καὶ λήμψεως found in the letter of the apostle Paul to the Christian community at Philippi, Macedonia (Phil 4:15). By means of a detailed philological survey of each of these terms as they are appear in isolation or in collocation in ancient literary and documentary sources, it is demonstrated that the expression pertains to ancient accounting terminology. It is argued that, contrary to the communis opinio in New Testament scholarship, it should be understood literally, and not figuratively. It is finally concluded that the expression refers to the account of a missionary fund set up by Paul and his Philippian companions to finance his missionary activities. Thus, it constitutes the earliest piece of evidence of Christian financial accounting and organization.
New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, vol. 10, 2012
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This essay explores the soteriology of the early Christians from Asia Minor and Greece as evidenced in inscriptions dated between the second and the sixth centuries. Using the Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG) collection, a digital database of early Christian Greek inscriptions pioneered by Cilliers Breytenbach within the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, Berlin, it investigates how the idea of salvation, a core tenet of the Christian message, was conceived of and expressed in epigraphic documents. Particular attention is paid to the use of the terms σωτήρ, σωτηρία, and σῴζω (or ῥύοµαι) in engraved invocations, epitaphs, or votives, which are shown to offer rare insights into early Christian understandings of salvation.
A brief report on the completion and publication of the first version of a database of early Christian Greek inscriptions from Asia Minor and Greece which has been developed by the research groups B-III-2 and B-5-3 of the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, Berlin. It explains the rationale, structure, and content of the database, and announces anticipated publication outputs made possible by this new research tool.
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This essay explores the soteriology of the early Christians from Asia Minor and Greece as evidenced in inscriptions dated between the second and the sixth centuries. Using the Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG) collection, a digital database of early Christian Greek inscriptions pioneered by Cilliers Breytenbach within the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, Berlin, it investigates how the idea of salvation, a core tenet of the Christian message, was conceived of and expressed in epigraphic documents. Particular attention is paid to the use of the terms σωτήρ, σωτηρία, and σῴζω (or ῥύοµαι) in engraved invocations, epitaphs, or votives, which are shown to offer rare insights into early Christian understandings of salvation.
A brief report on the completion and publication of the first version of a database of early Christian Greek inscriptions from Asia Minor and Greece which has been developed by the research groups B-III-2 and B-5-3 of the Excellence Cluster 264 Topoi, Berlin. It explains the rationale, structure, and content of the database, and announces anticipated publication outputs made possible by this new research tool.
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The conference will present an overview of the preliminary results of the research project (B-5-3) Early Christian Knowledge Claims. The emergence of religious identities and spaces of knowledge, as well as forms and strategies of authorization, will be examined in the light of literary and archaeological sources, and of the epigraphic evidence currently being compiled in the Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae (ICG) database. Focus will be placed on targeted regions of mainland Greece and Asia Minor (e.g., Phrygia, Lycaonia, Galatia, Macedonia) in order to develop a regionally-oriented comparative analysis of the phenomena. Two monographs on “Early Christianity in Asia Minor” by U. Huttner (2014), and C. Breytenbach and C. Zimmerman (2015), will also be presented to the public and discussed by a panel of international experts.