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" Exploring the New Testament world / "
Albert A. Bell, Jr. ; foreword by Bruce M. Metzger.
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BL
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881212
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| Main Entry
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Bell, Albert A.,Jr.,1945-
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| Title & Author
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Exploring the New Testament world /\ Albert A. Bell, Jr. ; foreword by Bruce M. Metzger.
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| Publication Statement
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Nashville :: T. Nelson Publishers,, ©1998.
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xiv, 322 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0785214240
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: 9780785214243
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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| Contents
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Why this book? -- The Judaic background of the New Testament -- "The powers that be" -- Roman law and the New Testament -- Greco-Roman religion -- Greco-Roman philosophy -- The structures of Greco-Roman society -- Greco-Roman morality and personal relations -- Time, distance, and travel in the Roman world -- Knowing and believing.
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Explores the characteristics of the world at the time the events of the New Testament would have occurred. Discusses what societies were like during this period and how the way people lived would have influenced their perception of events taking place.
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History of contemporary events.
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Bible., New Testament-- History of contemporary events.
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Bible., New Testament.
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| Dewey Classification
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225.9/5
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BS2410.B355 1998
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