The Roman Empire and the New Testament (Essential guides) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Roman Empire and the New Testament The purpose of the Essential Guides series is to fulfill the need for brief, substantive, yet highly accessible introductions to the core disciplines in biblical, theological, and religious studies
Full description- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Published: 31 August 2006
- Format: Paperback 162 pages
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- Categories: General & World History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | History Of Religion | Christianity | Biblical Studies & Exegesis
- ISBN 13: 9780687343942 ISBN 10: 0687343941
- Sales rank: 261,392
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Full description for The Roman Empire and the New Testament
An indispensable introduction to Roman society, culture, law, politics, religion, and daily life as they relate to the study of the New Testament. The Roman Empire formed the central context in which the New Testament was written. Anyone who wishes to understand the New Testament texts must become familiar with the political, economic, societal, cultural, and religious aspects of Roman rule. Much of the New Testament deals with enabling its readers to negotiate, in an array of different manners, this pervasive imperial context. This book will help the reader see how social structures and daily practices in the Roman world illumine so much of the content of the New Testament message. For example, to grasp what Paul was saying about food offered to idols one must understand that temples in the Roman world were not churches, and that they functioned as political, economic, and gastronomic centers, whose religious dealings were embedded within these other functions.Brief in presentation yet broad in scope, The Roman Empire and the New Testament: An Essential Guide will introduce students to the information and ideas essential to coming to grips with the world in which early Christianity was born.
