The Roman Empire and the New Testament : an essential guide /

Carter, Warren, 1955-,

The Roman Empire and the New Testament : an essential guide / Warren Carter. - Nashville, Tennessee : Abingdon Press, (c)2006. - xi, 148 pages ; 23 cm. - Abingdon essential guides .



The Roman imperial world -- Evaluating Rome's empire -- Ruling faces of the empire : encountering imperial officials -- Spaces of empire : urban and rural areas -- Temples and "religious"/political personnel -- Imperial theology : a clash of theological and societal claims -- Economics, food, and health -- Further dynamics of resistance -- Postscript.



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Bible.--New Testament--History of contemporary events.


Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

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