Archaeology and the Letters of Paul

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Abbreviations


• List of Figures




• 2: On slaves and other things: Ephesos (and Corinth) and the Letter to Philemon


• 3: On travel and hospitality: The Letter to the Galatians and an Inscription from Galatia


• 4: On poverty and abundance: Philippi and the Letter to the Philippians


• 5: On grief: Roman Corinth and 1 Corinthians


• 6: On time, race, and obelisks: Rome and The Letter to the Romans


• 7: On history and love: Thessalonik¿, the Thessalonian Correspondence, and the Afterlife of the Apostle Paul


• Epilogue


• Bibliography


• Index of Ancient Sources


• General Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Laura Nasrallah's research and teaching bring together New Testament and early Christian literature with the archaeological remains of the Mediterranean world, and often engage issues of colonialism, gender, status, and power. Her publications include An Ecstasy of Folly: Prophecy and Authority in Early Christianity (2004) and Christian Responses to Roman Art and Architecture: The Second-Century Church Amid the Spaces of Empire (2010).

Zusammenfassung

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.

Zusatztext

[An] ... interesting, erudite, and distinctive book.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Laura Salah Nasrallah, Laura Salah (Professor of New Testament Nasrallah, Laura Salah (Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity Nasrallah, Nasrallah Laura Salah
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780199699674
• ISBN: 978-0-19-969967-4
• Seiten: 330
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Antike; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; MEDICAL / General, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, Christianity, Ancient / Biblical Israel, History of Religion, Archaeology by period / region, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Paul's Letters, New Testaments, The Early Church, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Biblical Archaeology