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Archaeology and the Letters of Paul

2019
Archaeology and the Letters of Paul

Author: Laura Salah Nasrallah

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780199699674

Category: Religion

Page: 329

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This study illuminates the social, political, economic, and religious lives of those to whom the apostle Paul wrote. It articulates a method for bringing together biblical texts with archaeological remains.

Paul Unbound

2022-06-24
Paul Unbound

Author: Mark D. Given

Publisher: SBL Press

ISBN: 9780884145578

Category: Religion

Page: 304

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"As long as there are readers of Paul, there will be always be other perspectives." The essays in this second edition of Paul Unbound: Other Perspectives on the Apostle provide introductions to Paul's relationship to and views on the Roman Empire, first-century economic stratification, his opponents, ethnicity, the law, Judaism, women, and Greco-Roman rhetoric. Contributors Warren Carter, Charles H. Cosgrove, A. Andrew Das, Steven J. Friesen, Mark D. Given, Deborah Krause, Mark D. Nanos, and Jerry L. Sumney have added addendums to their original essays and updated the bibliography to take into account scholarship produced in the decade since the publication of the first edition. The collection provides essential background and sets out new directions for study useful to students of the New Testament and Paul's letters.

Divine Accounting

2021-06-08
Divine Accounting

Author: Jennifer A. Quigley

Publisher: Yale University Press

ISBN: 9780300253160

Category: Religion

Page: 192

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A nuanced narrative about the intersections of religious and economic life in early Christianity The divine was an active participant in the economic spheres of the ancient Mediterranean world. Evidence demonstrates that gods and goddesses were represented as owning goods, holding accounts, and producing wealth through the mediation of religious and civic officials. This book argues that early Christ-followers also used financial language to articulate and imagine their relationship to the divine. Theo-economics--intertwined theological and economic logics in which divine and human beings regularly transact with one another--permeate the letters of Paul and other texts connected with Pauline communities. Unlike other studies, which treat the ancient economy and religion separately, Divine Accounting takes seriously the overlapping of themes such as poverty, labor, social status, suffering, cosmology, and eschatology in material evidence from the ancient Mediterranean and early Christian texts.

2 Corinthians

2019-05-13
2 Corinthians

Author: Antoinette Clark Wire

Publisher: Liturgical Press

ISBN: 9780814681978

Category: Religion

Page: 400

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Looking at Paul’s writing through a feminist lens, this volume asks questions focused around science and philosophy. Antoinette Clark Wire specifically explores the reality of all bodies and beings in the ecosystem, not excluding whatever these beings produce, including the speed of light, the webs of spiders, and the culture of humans, so the broadest focus includes the specific. This focus could be too broad for Paul’s letters, blind as he seems to be about where food comes from, why families nurture children, or how water sustains life. Yet Wire shows the reader how he grapples again and again with the limits of his body and the threat of death and finds in Jesus’s dying and rising a way out of fear toward what he calls ‘a new creation.’

Ephesians and Empire

2022-07-19
Ephesians and Empire

Author: Justin Winzenburg

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

ISBN: 9783161611834

Category: Religion

Page: 330

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While recent publications have explored the relationship between New Testament texts and early Roman imperial ideology, Ephesians has been underanalyzed in these conversations. In this study, Justin Winzenburg provides an original contribution to the field by assessing how matters of the disputed authorship, audience, and date of Ephesians have varied consequences for the imperial-critical status of the epistle. Previously underexplored elements of the Roman context of Ephesians, with a focus on maiestas [treason] charges, imperial cults, and Roman imperial eschatology are examined in light of the two major theories of the date of the epistle. The author concludes that, while there are limitations to an imperial-critical reading of the epistle, some of the epistle's speech acts can be understood as subversive of Roman imperial ideology.

Philippi, From Colonia Augusta to Communitas Christiana

2021-11-29
Philippi, From Colonia Augusta to Communitas Christiana

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

ISBN: 9789004469334

Category: History

Page: 512

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This book combines careful reading of texts, inscriptions, coins and other archaeological materials to examine how religious practice, material culture and urban landscape changed as Philippi developed from a Roman colony to a major center for Christian worship and pilgrimage.

The Popular Handbook of Archaeology and the Bible

2013-08-01
The Popular Handbook of Archaeology and the Bible

Author: Joseph M. Holden

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

ISBN: 9780736944854

Category: Religion

Page: 434

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From two leading Christian apologists, here is a fascinating survey of the most important Old and New Testament archaeological discoveries through the ages. Biblical archaeology has always stirred excitement among believers and curiosity among unbelievers. The evidence dug up with a spade can speak volumes—and serve as a powerful testimony of the reliability of Scripture. Norm Geisler and Joe Holden have put together an impressive array of finds that confirm the biblical peoples and events of ages past. In a user-friendly format written in popular style, they... examine the latest finds and explain their significance include more than 150 photographs provide an instructive chart of artifacts (along with fast facts) sample a variety of finds—papyri, inscriptions, scrolls, ossuaries, and more If readers are looking for just one book to cover this topic both concisely and comprehensively, this is it!

The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies

2022-04-08
The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies

Author: Matthew V. Novenson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780192545343

Category: Religion

Page: 736

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The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies brings together a diverse international group of experts on the apostle Paul. It examines the authentic texts from his own hand, other ancient texts falsely attributed to him, the numerous early Christian legends about him, and the many meanings that have been and still are made of these texts to give a twenty-first century snapshot of Pauline Studies. Divided into five key sections, the Handbook begins by examining Paul the person - a largely biographical sketching of the life of Paul himself to the limited extent that it is possible to do so. It moves on to explore Paul in context and Pauline Literature, looking in detail at the letters, manuscripts, and canons that constitute most of our extant evidence for the apostle. Part Four uses a number of classic motifs to describe what modern experts describe as 'Pauline Theology', and Part Five considers the many productive reading strategies with which recent interpreters have made meaning of the letters of Paul. It is demonstrated that 'reading Paul' is not, and never has been, just one thing. It has always been a matter of the particular questions and interests that the reader brings to these very generative texts. The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies thoroughly surveys the state of Pauline studies today, paying particular attention to theory and method in interpretation. It considers traditional approaches alongside recent approaches to Paul, including gender, race and ethnicity, and material culture. Brought together, the chapters are an ideal resource for teachers and students of Paul and his letters.

ARCHAEOLOGY & THE OLD TESTAMENT

2023-02-20
ARCHAEOLOGY & THE OLD TESTAMENT

Author: Edward D. Andrews

Publisher: Christian Publishing House

ISBN: 9798378333448

Category: Religion

Page: 535

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"Archaeology and the Old Testament" is a comprehensive examination of the history of the Old Testament, from before the time of Abraham to the Maccabee period. The book explores the significance of archaeological discoveries in our understanding of the Old Testament and provides a detailed look at the major events and figures of the period. Through a combination of biblical narrative and archaeological evidence, the book offers a rich and insightful view of the history of the Old Testament and the role it played in the formation of Israelite identity. Each chapter provides a comprehensive overview of a specific period or event, including the biblical narrative, archaeological evidence, and the significance of that period or event in the formation of Israelite identity. The book concludes with a discussion of the intersection of archaeology and the Old Testament and the importance of this intersection for biblical studies. This book is ideal for students of biblical studies, archaeologists, and anyone interested in the history of the Old Testament and the role of archaeology in our understanding of that history. Whether you are a scholar or simply a curious reader, "Archaeology and the Old Testament" provides a fascinating and enlightening look at the rich and complex history of the Old Testament.

Paul and His Letters

1999
Paul and His Letters

Author: John B. Polhill

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

ISBN: 9780805410976

Category: Bible

Page: 493

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Except for Christ himself, no figure has been more influential in the history of Christianity than the apostle Paul. And yet his remarkable life remains shrouded in mystery. In this probing new book, John B. Polhill scrapes away the myths about this great man and uncovers the truth of his life and thought. Using Acts, the Pauline epistles, and reliable traditions from non-canonical sources, Polhill weaves together the remarkable story of Paul's transformation from persecutor to persecuted, producing a dynamic account of his entire ministry. By placing each of Paul's letters in its proper historical context, Polhill brings new light to these foundation stones of the Christian faith. He follows Paul from his early years in Tarsus and Jerusalem to his imprisonment and eventual martyrdom, painting a detailed, comprehensive portrait of Paul that will serve as an indispensable resource for students, teachers, and pastors alike.