TY - BOOK AU - Meeks,Wayne A TI - The moral world of the first Christians T2 - Library of early Christianity SN - 0664219101 AV - BJ1212 .M44 1986 U1 - 241/.0412 19 PY - 1986/// CY - Philadelphia PB - The Westminster Press KW - Christian ethics KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Ethics, Ancient KW - Jewish ethics KW - Morale ancienne KW - Morale chrétienne - Histoire - ca 30-600 (Église primitive) KW - Morale juive - Histoire KW - Geschichte KW - 30-600 KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes indexes; Bibliography: p. 173-174; Introduction -- Chapter 1: The social setting -- The Polis as context of Greek ethic -- The Polisin a world empire -- Mixed loyalties: reactions to Rome -- The stratified society -- Outside the city -- Chapter 2: The great traditions: Greece and Rome -- Philosophy in the Roman empire -- Some common themes -- ER -