Sung Min Park serves as a Research Fellow at McMaster Divinity College, specializing in the interdisciplinary intersection of biblical studies and historical sociolinguistics. His research explores ancient languages and societies, regularly contributing through publications and presentations across both fields.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity1 Defining the Issue and Problem2 Outline and Contribution of the Study1 The Multilingualism of First-Century Christianity1 Introduction2 The Multilingual Environment of the New Testament World3 The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity4 Conclusion2 Historical Sociolinguistic Approaches to the Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity1 Introduction2 Historical Sociolinguistic Approaches to the Multilingualism of First-Century Christianity3 The New Proposal of the Historical Sociolinguistic Approach to the Inquiry of the Codes of Peter and Paul4 Conclusion3 Macro Sociolinguistics: Linguistic Ideologies of the Roman Empire1 Introduction2 The Macro Context of the Roman State3 The Linguistic Ideologies of the Institutional Communities4 Conclusion4 Meso Sociolinguistics: Linguistic Ideologies of the Communities of Practice in the Greco-Roman World1 Introduction2 The Meso Contexts of the Greco-Roman World3 The Sociolinguistic Landscape of the Regional Communities4 Conclusion5 Micro Sociolinguistics: Peter and Paul’s Code Choices and the Prestige Religious Language of First-Century Christianity in the Book of Acts1 Introduction2 The Plurilingualism of Peter, Paul and Other Church Leaders3 The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity4 Conclusion6 ConclusionAppendix1: The Geographical and Functional Distributions of LanguagesAppendix2: Historical Figures’ Social Networks and PlurilingualismAppendix3: The Density of Peter’s Social Networks with Other Historical FiguresAppendix4: The Density of Paul’s Social Networks with Other Historical FiguresAppendix5: The Code Choices of the Historical Figures in the Book of ActsBibliographyIndex of Modern AuthorsIndex of Ancient Sources

Sung Min Park serves as a Research Fellow at McMaster Divinity College, specializing in the interdisciplinary intersection of biblical studies and historical sociolinguistics. His research explores ancient languages and societies, regularly contributing through publications and presentations across both fields.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity1 Defining the Issue and Problem2 Outline and Contribution of the Study1 The Multilingualism of First-Century Christianity1 Introduction2 The Multilingual Environment of the New Testament World3 The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity4 Conclusion2 Historical Sociolinguistic Approaches to the Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity1 Introduction2 Historical Sociolinguistic Approaches to the Multilingualism of First-Century Christianity3 The New Proposal of the Historical Sociolinguistic Approach to the Inquiry of the Codes of Peter and Paul4 Conclusion3 Macro Sociolinguistics: Linguistic Ideologies of the Roman Empire1 Introduction2 The Macro Context of the Roman State3 The Linguistic Ideologies of the Institutional Communities4 Conclusion4 Meso Sociolinguistics: Linguistic Ideologies of the Communities of Practice in the Greco-Roman World1 Introduction2 The Meso Contexts of the Greco-Roman World3 The Sociolinguistic Landscape of the Regional Communities4 Conclusion5 Micro Sociolinguistics: Peter and Paul’s Code Choices and the Prestige Religious Language of First-Century Christianity in the Book of Acts1 Introduction2 The Plurilingualism of Peter, Paul and Other Church Leaders3 The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity4 Conclusion6 ConclusionAppendix1: The Geographical and Functional Distributions of LanguagesAppendix2: Historical Figures’ Social Networks and PlurilingualismAppendix3: The Density of Peter’s Social Networks with Other Historical FiguresAppendix4: The Density of Paul’s Social Networks with Other Historical FiguresAppendix5: The Code Choices of the Historical Figures in the Book of ActsBibliographyIndex of Modern AuthorsIndex of Ancient Sources

Sung Min Park serves as a Research Fellow at McMaster Divinity College, specializing in the interdisciplinary intersection of biblical studies and historical sociolinguistics. His research explores ancient languages and societies, regularly contributing through publications and presentations across both fields.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity1 Defining the Issue and Problem2 Outline and Contribution of the Study1 The Multilingualism of First-Century Christianity1 Introduction2 The Multilingual Environment of the New Testament World3 The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity4 Conclusion2 Historical Sociolinguistic Approaches to the Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity1 Introduction2 Historical Sociolinguistic Approaches to the Multilingualism of First-Century Christianity3 The New Proposal of the Historical Sociolinguistic Approach to the Inquiry of the Codes of Peter and Paul4 Conclusion3 Macro Sociolinguistics: Linguistic Ideologies of the Roman Empire1 Introduction2 The Macro Context of the Roman State3 The Linguistic Ideologies of the Institutional Communities4 Conclusion4 Meso Sociolinguistics: Linguistic Ideologies of the Communities of Practice in the Greco-Roman World1 Introduction2 The Meso Contexts of the Greco-Roman World3 The Sociolinguistic Landscape of the Regional Communities4 Conclusion5 Micro Sociolinguistics: Peter and Paul’s Code Choices and the Prestige Religious Language of First-Century Christianity in the Book of Acts1 Introduction2 The Plurilingualism of Peter, Paul and Other Church Leaders3 The Prestige Language of First-Century Christianity4 Conclusion6 ConclusionAppendix1: The Geographical and Functional Distributions of LanguagesAppendix2: Historical Figures’ Social Networks and PlurilingualismAppendix3: The Density of Peter’s Social Networks with Other Historical FiguresAppendix4: The Density of Paul’s Social Networks with Other Historical FiguresAppendix5: The Code Choices of the Historical Figures in the Book of ActsBibliographyIndex of Modern AuthorsIndex of Ancient Sources