Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts

Type

Book

Authors

K. C. Hanson

Douglas E. Oakman

ISBN 10

0800663098

ISBN 13

9780800663094

Tags

New Testament, History & Culture, Ancient Civilizations, Asia, General, History, Ancient, Religious History

Description

Hanson and Oakman's award-winning and illuminating volume has become a widely used and cited introduction to the social context of Jesus and the early Jesus movement. This second edition updates all the discussions in light of more recent scholarship, improves clarity and readability of diagrams and maps, provides additional diagrams and images to enhance the book for student use, and includes new classroom resources, for professors and students, on a Companion Web site.Along with an overview of the ancient Mediterranean worldview, Palestine in the Time of Jesus explores major domains and institutions of Roman Palestine: kinship, politics, economy, and religion. - from Amzon

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