TY - BOOK AU - Carter,Warren TI - The Roman Empire and the New Testament: an essential guide T2 - Abingdon essential guides SN - 9780687343942 AV - BS2545 .R663 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Nashville, Tennessee PB - Abingdon Press KW - Bible KW - New Testament KW - History of contemporary events KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - 1 (pages 144-148); 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; 2 ER -