James S. Jeffers, Ph.D.

Title: Associate Professor and Chair, History

Department: History

Office: LCH A-319
Phone Extension: x1084
Email Username: jjeffers

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Publications

"From House Church to State Church: The Development of Hierarchy in Pre-Constantinian Christianity," Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, forthcoming.
"Justin Martyr and the City of Rome," Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, forthcoming.
“Decoded Papyri Offer Challenges and Rewards,” Sacred History Magazine (November 2005).
Il Mondo Greco-Romano all’epoca del Nuovo Testamento, trans. Paulo Bragagni, Maria Balocco and Gracia Geminiani (Milan: Edizioni San Paulo, 2004). Translation of The Greco-Roman World.
"Envisioning a Christian Liberal Arts Education," Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 14: 1/2 (2002): 141-164.
"Slaves of God: The Impact of the Cult of the Roman Emperor on Paul's Use of the Language of Power Relations," Fides et Historia 34:1 (2002): 123-139.
"The Context of the New Testament," a review essay in Catalyst (27.3, March 2001).
The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era, InterVarsity Press, 1999. Now in its third printing. Translation into Italian
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"Jewish and Christian Families in First Century Rome," in Judaism and Christianity in First-Century Rome, (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishers, 1998).
Conflict at Rome: Social Order and Hierarchy in Early Christianity (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991).
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Conflito em Roma: Ordem social e hierarquia no cristianismo primitivo, trans. A. V. Sobral, M. S. Gonçalves, and L. Pellegin (Sao Paulo, Brazil: Edições Loyola,1995). Translation of Conflict at Rome.
"The Influence of Roman Family and Social Structures on Early Roman Christianity," SBL Seminar Papers 1988 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988).
"Pluralism and Early Roman Christianity," Fides et Historia 22:1 (1990).
Various book reviews.

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