An explosion of interest in the area of social science interpretation has resulted in an outpouring of recently published scholarship on the social settings of the New Testament. As a result, What Are They Saying About the Social Setting of the New Testament? is presented in this newly revised and expanded format in order to bring forth the results of the latest scholarly research on this aspect of the New Testament that is so critical in building a firm foundation for our understanding of the Bible. What Are Saying About the Social Setting of the New Testament? includes a section on using social science models, a discussion of the relationships between social science methodology and liberation and political theology, as well as the following discussions: how the first Christians related to one another, how community life was structured, and how the first Christians perceived their lives.