Description
In this book, Calvin Roetzel explores the social, political, religious, and intellectual environment of the New Testament writers. Roetzel maps the major features of the first-century landscape so that the student may be able to view the whole, and through the whole gain new perspective on and insight into each part. Now updated with the most current scholarship and with revisions taking into account archeological findings, this is the best available introduction to the subject.
Expanded materials include discussion of the social structure of Roman society, political dimensions of Pharisaism, Hellenistic religious expression, the Jewish Diaspora, the influence of the Septuagint on the Gospel writers and Paul, and women in antiquity. Pictures are integrated into the text at relevant points, the end of each chapter contains suggestions for further reading, and there is also a current and comprehensive bibliography of topics and authors.
Author: Calvin J. Roetzel
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 11/30/2002
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.04w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780664224158
ISBN10: 0664224156
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Commentary | New Testament | General
- Religion | Biblical Studies | History & Culture
- Religion | Reference