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Roman Army and the New Testament

English · Hardback

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Though New Testament scholars have written extensively on the Roman Empire over the past few decades, the topic of the military has been conspicuously neglected. This book fills this void with a detailed analysis of the military in early Roman Palestine and the depiction of the military in the New Testament.

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Introduction: A War Machine in the Holy Land?
1. Who Were the Soldiers in Palestine?
2. What Did the Military Do in Early Roman Palestine?
3. The Military in the Gospels and Acts
4. The Military in the Pauline Corpus
5. The Military in Revelation
Conclusion: Reading a Complicated Bible in Complicated Times

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By Christopher B. Zeichmann

Summary

Though New Testament scholars have written extensively on the Roman Empire over the past few decades, the topic of the military has been conspicuously neglected. This book fills this void with a detailed analysis of the military in early Roman Palestine and the depiction of the military in the New Testament.

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