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BL
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849550
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Early Christianity in Pompeiian light : : people, texts, situations /\ Bruce Longenecker, editor.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: Fortress Press,, [2016]
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1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages)
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150641897X
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: 9781506418971
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1451490100
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9781451490107
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-240) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Early Christianity in Pompeian Light; Early Christianity in Pompeian Light; ; ; Contents; ; Editor's Preface; Envisioning Situations; Growing Up Female in the Pauline Churches: What Did She Do All Day?; Nine Types of Church in Nine Types of Space in the Insula of the Menander; The Empress, the Goddess, and the Earthquake: Atmospheric Conditions Pertaining to Jesus-Devotion in Pompeii; Enhancing Texts; Powers and Protection in Pompeii and Paul: The Apotropaic Function of the Cross in the Letter to the Galatians
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Violence in Pompeian/Roman Domestic Art as a Visual Context for Pauline and Deutero-Pauline LettersSpheres and Trajectories: The Angels of the Churches (Revelation 1-3) in Context; Contributors; Abbreviations; Photography Permissions and Credits; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Ancient Sources
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Scholars of early Christianity are awakening to the potential of Pompeii's treasures for casting light on the settings and situations that were commonplace and conventional for the first urban Christians. The essays of this book explore different dimensions of Pompeii's potential to refine our lenses for interpreting the texts and situations of early Christianity. The contributors to this book (including Carolyn Osiek, David Balch, Peter Oakes, Bruce Longenecker, and others) demonstrate that it is an exciting time to explore the interface between the Vesuvian contexts and the early Jesus-movem.
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Church history-- 2nd century.
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Church history.
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Frühchristentum
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RELIGION / Christian Church / History
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RELIGION / Christianity / History
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Pompeii (Extinct city)
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Italy, Pompeii (Extinct city)
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Pompeji
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270.1
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BR166.E37 2016eb
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Longenecker, Bruce W.
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