Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor
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S. R. F. Price
Studies Greek cults of the Roman emperor in Asia minor. Shows how and why the Roman emperor was god. Analyses the historical, social and cultural contexts of the Imperial cult, rituals of temples, images and sacrifices. Helps our understanding of the relationship between religious ritual and political power.
Roman Religion: A Sourcebook
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Valerie M. Warrior
Sourcebook introducing fundamentals of ancient Roman religious beliefs and rituals. Includes maps, glossary, a chronological table and lists of important gods. Companion to Valerie Warrior's Greek Religion: A Sourcebook .
A Marginal Jew - Rethinking the Historical Jesus
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John P. Meier
Five long volumes. Summarizes major questions and answers related to every aspect of historical Jesus studies of the past century. Survey table of contents and read the series' introduction of methods before diving in. Online available.
Jesus and Judaism
by
E. P. Sanders
Deals with Jesus' intention and relationship to contemporaries in Judaism. Investigates the reason for his death and rise of Christianity.
Jesus the Jew
by
Geza Vermes
A significant corrective to the study of the historical Jesus. A portrait of Jesus based on evidence of charismatic activity in first-century Galilee. Contextualizes prophet, Lord, Messiah, son of man, Son of God.
The Canon Debate
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Lee Martin McDonald; James A. Sanders
How was the New Testament canon formed and closed? What role was played by Marcion? By gnostics? By the church fathers? What did the early church make of the apocrypha and pseudepigrapha? By what criteria have questions of canonicity been decided? Read to find out.
History of New Testament Research: 3 Volumes
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William Baird
Outlines the global history of modern NT studies. Organized by locations, periods, schools, figures, and paradigm-shifting works. Bibliographies for each section. Three (long) volumes. Online available.
The Invention of the Biblical Scholar
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Stephen D. Moore; Yvonne Sherwood
What is a "biblical scholar"? A product of the enlightenment. Poses questions for scholars across the humanities concerned with the question of the religious and the secular. What other forms might biblical criticism have taken? What untried forms might biblical criticism yet take?
Greco-Roman associations: Texts, Translations, and Commentary
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John S. Kloppenborg; Richard S. Ascough
Private associations organized around a common cult, profession, ethnic identity, neighbourhood or family were common throughout the Greco-Roman antiquity, offering opportunities for sociability, cultic activities, mutual support and a context in which to display and recognize virtuous achievement. This volume collects a representative selection of inscriptions from associations inAttica, Central Greece, Macedonia, Thrace, published with English translations, brief explanatory notes, commentaries and full indices. This volume is essential for several areas of study: ancient patterns of social organization; the organization of diasporic communities in the ancient Mediterranean; models for the structure of early Christian groups; and forms of sociability, status-displays, and the vocabularies of virtue. Multiple volumes, organized by geographical region.
Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine
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Peter Garnsey
Asks how slavery was viewed by the leading spokesmen of Greece and Rome. Challenges the common assumption of passive acquiescence in slavery, and the associated view that, Aristotle apart, there was no systematic thought on slavery.