Class and Power in Roman Palestine
The Socioeconomic Setting of Judaism and Christian Origins

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Investigates changing socioeconomic relations in Early Roman Palestine (63 BCE-70 CE). It is the most up-to-date synthesis of archaeological and literary evidence of socioeconomic change in this context and serves as an indispensable resource for students and scholars of ancient Judaism, Christian origins, Roman history, and classical archaeology.

About the author

Anthony Keddie holds a M.A. from Yale Divinity School and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin. A former SBL Regional Scholar, Keddie is the author of Revelations of Ideology: Apocalyptic Class Politics in Early Roman Palestine (2018) and co-author of Jewish Fictional Letters from Hellenistic Egypt (2018).

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Investigates changing socioeconomic relations in Early Roman Palestine (63 BCE–70 CE). It is the most up-to-date synthesis of archaeological and literary evidence of socioeconomic change in this context and serves as an indispensable resource for students and scholars of ancient Judaism, Christian origins, Roman history, and classical archaeology.