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        Introduction This article is an attempt to understand sociological contribution of the Gerd Theissen regarding the early Christina community particularly based on his books Sociology of Early Palestinian Christianity and The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity. The first book deals with sociology of the Jesus movement and the later one explores sociology of the Pauline communities based on Corinthian correspondence. The paper also makes a critique of Theissen’s work by bringing together criticism from different scholars. 1.Theissen’s Methodology Gerd Theissen’s Sociology of Early Palestinian Christianity is one of the pioneering sociological studies of the earliest Christianity and Jesus’ movement. The aim of sociology of the Jesus movement is to analyze the typical features of the Jesus movement and its interaction to the Palestinian society. He analyzes the roles, factors and function. “An analysis of roles investigates typical patterns of behavior; an analy