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.
| Summary: | 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. Cover -- Archaeology and the Letters of Paul -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1: On Method: Archaeology and the Letters of Paul -- DEFINING MATERIAL CULTURE -- THE PROBLEMS OF USING ARCHAEOLOGY FOR BIBLICAL STUDIES -- THE NECESSITY OF USING ARCHAEOLOGY FOR BIBLICAL STUDIES -- MATERIAL CULTURE AND MATERIALIST HISTORIOGRAPHY -- CONCLUSIONS -- 2: On Slaves and Other Things: Ephesos (and Corinth) and the Letter to Philemon -- THE LETTER TO PHILEMON -- EPHESOS AND THE TETRAGONOS AGORA -- CORINTH -- The Ambiguous Status of Freedpersons -- Freedpersons and Human Price in Corinth -- DELPHI: A MARKET FOR PEOPLE AND THINGS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3: On Travel and Hospitality: The Letter to the Galatians and an Inscription from Galatia -- THE JOURNEYING MAN, THE NAVIGABLE EMPIRE -- CONNECTIVITY, MISSIONS, AND THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS -- THE TRAVELER PAUL -- GALATIANS AND TRAVELERS -- GALATIA AND A TRANSPORTATION REQUISITION INSCRIPTION -- RETURNING TO THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4: On Poverty and Abundance: Philippi and the Letter to the Philippians -- ECONOMICS, MODERN AND ANCIENT -- ROMAN PHILIPPI -- FINANCE AND ABUNDANCE IN THE LETTER TO THE PHILIPPIANS -- CASH AND COST IN PHILIPPIAN INSCRIPTIONS -- TRANSLOCAL COSTS -- FINANCE AND EARLY CHRISTIAN PHILIPPI -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5: On Grief: Roman Corinth and 1 Corinthians -- THE CORINTHIA -- GRIEFS IN THE CORINTHIA -- THE CITY OF CORINTH: A TOPOGRAPHY OF GRIEF -- MEDEA, DEMETER, KORE, AND THE VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN -- GRIEF IN 1 CORINTHIANS -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6: On Time, Race, and Obelisks: Rome and the Letter to the Romans -- THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS: AN INTRODUCTION -- JEWS IN ALEXANDRIA AND ROME -- Philo of Alexandria -- Papyrological Evidence of Racial Tensions. |
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| ISBN: | 0191081736 |