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  • Revelation and Material Religion in the Roman East

    Essays in Honor of Steven J. Friesen

    Edited by Nathan Leach, Daniel Charles Smith, Tony Keddie ...
    Series series Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
    This collection of essays from a diverse group of internationally recognized scholars builds on the work of Steven J. Friesen to analyze the material and ideological dimensions of John’s Apocalypse and the religious landscape of the Roman East.Readers will gain new perspectives on the interpretation of John’s Apocalypse, the religion of Hellenistic cities in the Roman Empire, and the political and ... Read more

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  • God's Ghostwriters

    Enslaved Christians and the Making of the Bible

    by Candida Moss ...
    From an award-winning biblical scholar, the story of how enslaved people created, gave meaning to, and spread the message of the New Testament, shaping the very foundations of Christianity in ways both subtle and profound.For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture have credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Exploring the New Testament World

    An Illustrated Guide to the World of Jesus and the First Christians

    by Albert Bell ...
    The timeless message of the New Testament applies to people of every culture and generation. Yet there is great value in understanding the world in which that message was first revealed - its social manners, politics, religious customs, and culture. Exploring the New Testament World, written by classics and Bible scholar Dr. Albert A. Bell, Jr., illuminates the living context of the New Testament, ... Read more

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  • Resurrection and Reception in Early Christianity

    by Richard C. Miller ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion
    This book offers an original interpretation of the origin and early reception of the most fundamental claim of Christianity: Jesus’ resurrection. Richard Miller contends that the earliest Christians would not have considered the New Testament accounts of Jesus’ resurrection to be literal or historical, but instead would have recognized this narrative as an instance of the trope of divine ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Women in the World of the Earliest Christians

    Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life

    by Lynn Cohick ...
    Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general. Cohick shows that although women during this period were active at all levels within their ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • Her Share of the Blessings

    Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World

    by Ross Shepard Kraemer ...
    Whether pagan, Jewish, or Christian, religion was an integral part of the lives of women in the Greco-Roman world. Yet studies of the ancient Mediterranean world have focused almost exclusively on the religious beliefs and practices of men. In Her Share of the Blessings, Ross Shepard Kraemer provides the first comprehensive look at women's religions in Greco-Roman antiquity. She vividly recreates ... Read more

    $30.59 USD

  • Behind the Scenes of the New Testament

    Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts

    Edited by T. J. Lang, Bruce Longenecker, Elizabeth Shively ...
    Series series Behind the Scenes of the Bible
    2026 Christian Book Award® Finalist (Bible Reference Works)Southwestern Journal of Theology 2024 Book Award (Biblical Reference / Biblical Backgrounds)This authoritative volume brings together a team of world-class scholars to cover the full range of New Testament backgrounds in a concise, up-to-date, and comprehensive manner.Drawing on the expertise of specialists in the areas of archaeological, ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • The Jesus Revolution

    A Transformative Theology of the New Testament

    by James M. Scott ...
    This introduction to a biblical theology of the New Testament seeks to revitalize our engagement with the Scriptures for the twenty-first century by showing not only how the assemblage of ancient writings consisting of both Old and New Testaments is intrinsically relevant, but also how we can remain faithful to Jesus Christ, the organizing principle of those writings, in the process. The book is ... Read more

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  • World Upside Down

    Reading Acts in the Graeco-Roman Age

    by C. Kavin Rowe ...
    For almost 300 years, the dominant trend in New Testament interpretation has been to read the Acts of the Apostles as a document that argues for the political possibility of harmonious co-existence between 'Rome' and the early Christian movement. Kavin Rowe argues that the time is long overdue for a sophisticated, critically constructive reappraisal. "A brilliant piece of work by a young scholar ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Origins of Neoliberalism

    Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault

    by Dotan Leshem ...
    Dotan Leshem recasts the history of the West from an economic perspective, bringing politics, philosophy, and the economy closer together and revealing the significant role of Christian theology in shaping economic and political thought. He begins with early Christian treatment of economic knowledge and the effect of this interaction on ancient politics and philosophy. He then follows the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Spectacles of Empire

    Monsters, Martyrs, and the Book of Revelation

    by Christopher A. Frilingos ...
    Series series Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion
    The book of Revelation presents a daunting picture of the destruction of the world, complete with clashing gods, a multiheaded beast, armies of heaven, and the final judgment of mankind. The bizarre conclusion to the New Testament is routinely cited as an example of the early Christian renunciation of the might and values of Rome. But Christopher A. Frilingos contends that Revelation's ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions

    Edited by Barbette Stanley Spaeth ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Religion
    In antiquity, the Mediterranean region was linked by sea and land routes that facilitated the spread of religious beliefs and practices among the civilizations of the ancient world. The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions provides an introduction to the major religions of this area and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them. The period ... Read more

    $36.09 USD