TY  - BOOK
AU  - Longenecker,Bruce W.
TI  - In stone and story: early Christianity in the Roman world 
SN  - 9781540960672
AV  - BR182 .L66 2020
U1  - 274.5/7301 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Baker Academic
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Pompeii (Extinct city)
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Herculaneum (Extinct city)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-282) and index; Protocols of engagement -- Human meaning in stone and story -- Fire in the bones -- Accessing the first-century world : timeline of events -- Protocols of popular devotion -- Deities and temples -- Sacrifice and sin -- Peace and security -- Genius and emperor -- Mysteries and knowledge -- Death and life -- Protocols of social prominence -- Prominence and character -- Money and influence -- Literacies and status -- Combat and courts -- Business and success -- Protocols of household effectiveness -- Household and slaves -- Family and solidarity -- Piety and pragmatism -- Powers and protection -- Banqueting and the dead
N2  - This beautifully designed, full-color textbook introduces the Roman background of the New Testament by immersing students in the life and culture of the thriving first-century towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, which act as showpieces of the world into which the early Christian movement was spreading. Bruce Longenecker, a leading scholar of the ancient world of the New Testament, discusses first-century artifacts in relation to the life stories of people from the Roman world. The book includes discussion questions, maps, and 175 color photographs
ER  -