This volume provides a review of recent research in Philippi related to archaeology, demography, religion, the New Testament and early Christianity. Careful reading of texts, inscriptions, coins and other archaeological materials allow the reader to examine how religious practice in Philippi changed as the city moved from being a Hellenistic polis to a Roman colony to a center for Christian worship and pilgrimage. The essays raise questions about traditional understandings of material culture in Philippi, and come to conclusions that reflect more complicated and diverse views of the city and its inhabitants.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction  Daniel N. Schowalter part 1: Traditional Religion and Society in Philippi 1 The Forum at Philippi: The Transformation of Public Space from the Establishment of the Colony to the Early Byzantine Period  Michel Sève 2 Reconstructing the Religious Landscape of the Roman Colony of Philippi  Athanasios Rizakis 3 Thracian, Greek, or Roman? Ethnic and Social Identities of Worshippers (and Gods) in Roman Philippi  Cédric Brélaz 4 Non-Romans in the Roman Colony of Philippi and Their Hybrid Identities: The Case of the Thracian Population  Ekaterini G. Tsalampouni 5 Numismatic History of Philippi: from the Greek City-State to the Roman Colony  Katerina Chryssanthaki-Nagle 6 Sanctuary of Hero Auloneites on Mt. Pangaion: Tracing Continuity and Change of Religious Practices in the Territory of Philippi  Chaido Koukouli-Chryssanthaki and Dimitra Malamidou 7 Maintaining the City: Enslaved Labor and Trade in Roman Philippi  Sarah E. Bond part 2: Paul and His Influence 8 “Let Us Know Anything Further Which You Have Heard”: Mapping Philippian Connectivity  Cavan Concannon 9 Cost and Abundance in Roman Philippi: The Letter to the Philippians in Its Context  Jennifer Quigley and Laura Nasrallah 10 Echoes in the Praetorium: Place, People, and Prospects in Philippians 1:13  Michael Flexsenhar III 11 Popular Heroization in Philippian Funerary Epigraphy and Paul’s Letter to the Philippians  Peter Oakes 12 Class and Ideology in Acts 16: The Philippian Narrative as a Failed Revolution  Steven J. Friesen 13 Paul and Philippi: The Early Cult of the Apostle and the Topography of the Late Antique City  Aristotelis Mentzos 14 “The Beloved Community” after Paul: Early Christianity in Philippi from the Second to the Fourth Century  Angela Standhartinger part 3: Late Antique and Byzantine Developments 15 New Evidence for the Civic Center from the Roman Colony to the Late Byzantine Period: Excavation of the Parking Lot at the Archaeological Museum of Philippi  Sofia Doukata-Demertzi 16 Christian Philippi: The Cases of the Fourth and Fifth Residential Insulae of the Newly Excavated Area  Emmanuela Gounari and Melina Paissidou 17 Reassessing Urban Continuity in Early Medieval Philippi  Natalia Poulou 18 Terra a mano: The Handmade Pottery of Philippi and Its Implications for the Transformation of the City during the Early Byzantine Period  Stavros Zachariadis Index