First Corinthians provides a unique glimpseinto the life of a young Christian community in a Greco-Roman environment during the early decades of emerging Christianity. It supplies a range and richness of information about the early church that is unparalleled by any other New Testament document. This book brings together for the first time the most influential and frequently quoted essays on Corinthian Christianity plus specially commissioned articles by contemporary scholars on where the quest has taken us and on its future direction.