The World That Shaped the New Testament, Revised Edition
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...
ISBN(s)
0664224156, 9780664224158
