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"Banks's analysis of the early house churches in their historical context has no parallel, either in content or reader accessibility. This updated edition will stimulate both popular and scholarly reflection on the political and social as well as the contemporary theological challenge of the theory and practice of community taught by Paul of Tarsus. I am very pleased that this excellent, readable, and provocative book is being made available to a new generation of readers."
—S. Scott Bartchy, University of California, Los Angeles -- Review


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Robert Bank's widely read Paul's Idea of Community: The Early House Churches in their Cultural Setting is once again available to laypeole, pastors and scholars alike. In this extensively revised edition Banks has rewritten chapters for clarity, taken into account recent scholarship on Paul's writings, updated and expanded the bibliography, and added an index. This new edition retains, however, all the freshness and vitality of the original.

"The book draws fully upon the wealth of recent scholarly analysis of the New Testament churches, but in such a skilled way that the picture is not buried in learning, but brought to life for present-day readers. . . . People will be startled to find how much of modern church life has departed form the New Testament spirit. And yet the modern communities still possess in the New Testament, as illuminated through a book like this, the sources from which church life can be reawakened to the community consequences of accepting the Pauline gospel."
—Edwin A. Judge, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

"It is good news that Robert Banks's Paul's Idea of Community is once more available, now in a thoroughly revised, expanded edition. Convinced that Paul's distinctive contribution to Christianity is his idea of community, Banks demonstrates how this notion informs Paul's instruction to his churches. . . . [I]t is striking how naturally discussions of such topics as Paul's teaching on freedom and on eschatology fall within the purview of this stimulating book."
—Abraham J. Malherbe, Yale University


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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers; Revised edition (November 1, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1565630505
  • ISBN-13: 978-1565630505
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book on House Churches, November 30, 2001
I am a youth pastor in a local church. I have often struggled with the current model we have of the American church. The traditions we hold so dear are so often not based on clear New Testament teachings. I have longed for a church where "one another" passages are lived out, where accountability is strong, where the pastor is not a CEO but a servant, where leaders are biblically chosen and where the Church is not divided on various theological camps. The only place to usually find this, sadly to say, is in cults (where the gospel is not preached in its power or truth).

Banks will offer you hope if you are like me and you are burned out on "church as usual." He will challange you to examine Scripture with fresh insights into house churches in their historical context. He will challange your notion of "Church" in our westernized thinking and will lead you to a biblical and fresh restoration of the true Church of Jesus Christ. We must move away from the Institutionalized church and return to the New Testament pattern that Banks gives in detail in this book.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, August 22, 2006
This review applies to the revised edition of Banks' book.

Banks is convinced that Paul, though not the first to formulate the concept of "community," was a major contributor to the idea as it applied to the church. Paul's global concept of church/community of believers includes (but is not limited to)the following ideas, each of which are discussed by Banks: (a) church as a household gathering; (b) church as a group characterized by a 'radical new freedom' (independence, dependence, and interdependence--all Banks' words); (c) church as a loving family; (d) church as a functional body; (e) church as a diverse group (in terms of role and function), yet characterized by unity.

The book is very lucidly written and amazingly accessible for an 'academic' work. The way Banks writes makes obvious that he understands the minds and lives of lay people (he's a professor of Ministry and Laity). This book could even be used as a study in a small group setting, but there is no study guide, so discussion leaders would need to provide their own questions.

I recommend this book.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Crossing the interpritive bridge to the meaning of "Church", November 27, 2000
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Robert Banks interpritation of the Apostal Pauls view of the Church is enlightening to the modern reader of the New Testament. Banks presents a contextual historical account of St. Paul's understanding of the Church of his day, which in return spurs the thoughts of the reader to contemplate the state of the Church in this day and age. This is an excelent book for those interested in understanding the historical beginings of the Church as well as what Paul understood the church to be. I recommend this book to all who are contemplating what the Church is called to be in this day and age, by looking at what it originaly was.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not Very Helpful
I was really disappointed by this book. It does little to enhance one's understanding of the early church. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Timothy Mott

3.0 out of 5 stars Too narrow in scope
While Banks provides some good insight into Paul's view of community, he overemphasizes a discontinuity with not only Paul's contemporaries, but with the OT teaching of community... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Kurt J. Hannah

4.0 out of 5 stars Paul's House Church Model
Banks' book does away with all arguments for the existence of the institutional church. Although this is not his stated aim... Read more
Published on January 30, 2007 by David D. Flowers

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, Not Great
Banks provides useful historical context in constructing Paul's understanding of community and early Christian interaction. Read more
Published on May 18, 2004

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