Roman Imperial Texts : A Sourcebook

Reasoner, Mark

Fortress Press,U.S.（2013/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780800699116
• DDC分類 270.1

Full Description

In recent years the New Testament writings have increasingly been read in the cultural and political context of the early Roman Empire. In Roman Imperial Texts, students and scholars now have a ready handbook of the most important sources for this context. A selection of the most important sources for the cultural and political context of the early Roman Empire and the New Testament writings, Roman Imperial Texts includes freshly translated public speeches, official inscriptions, annals, essays, poems, and documents of veiled protest from the Empire's subject peoples.

Contents

Preface/Introduction/Timeline Part 1. Divine Sons and Their Gospels Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero Vespasian Titus Domitian Part 2. Identity in Community Sample Letters from the Mediterranean World Documents from Collegia and Synagogues Cities of the New Testament World Part 3. The Eternal City and Its Hold on the World Praise for Rome Voices of Dissent Hidden Transcripts