Twenty-four scholars join their efforts to congratulate David Lee Balch for a long career of dedication to scholarship and teaching. Topics range from the life of early Christian house churches to the kinds of challenges that early Christians needed to negotiate in their artistic and literary worlds as they established their own identity. ContributorsEdward AdamsFrederick E BrenkWarren CarterJohn R. ClarkeEverett FergusonJohn T. FitzgeraldRichard A. FreundRonald F. HockRobin M. JensenDavina C. LopezMargaret Y. MacDonaldAbraham J. MalherbeAliou Cisse NiangPeter OakesTodd PennerLeo G. PerdueTurid Karlsen SeimDennis E. SmithYancy W. SmithStephen V. SprinkleHal TaussigOliver Larry Yarbrough
