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About this book
Background becomes foreground in Moyer Hubbard's creative introduction to the social and historical setting for the letters of the Apostle Paul to churches in Asia Minor and Europe.
Hubbard begins each major section with a brief narrative featuring a fictional character in one of the great cities of that era. Then he elaborates on various aspects of the cultural setting related to each particular vignette, discussing the implications of those venues for understanding Paul's letters and applying their message to our lives today. Addressing a wide array of cultural and traditional issues, Hubbard discusses:
• religion and superstition
• education, philosophy, and oratory
• urban society
• households and family life in the Greco-Roman world
This work is based on the premise that the better one understands the historical and social context in which the New Testament (and Paul's letters) was written, the better one will understand the writings of the New Testament themselves. Passages become clearer, metaphors deciphered, and images sharpened. Teachers, students, and laypeople alike will appreciate Hubbard's unique, illuminating, and well-researched approach to the world of the early church.
Hubbard begins each major section with a brief narrative featuring a fictional character in one of the great cities of that era. Then he elaborates on various aspects of the cultural setting related to each particular vignette, discussing the implications of those venues for understanding Paul's letters and applying their message to our lives today. Addressing a wide array of cultural and traditional issues, Hubbard discusses:
• religion and superstition
• education, philosophy, and oratory
• urban society
• households and family life in the Greco-Roman world
This work is based on the premise that the better one understands the historical and social context in which the New Testament (and Paul's letters) was written, the better one will understand the writings of the New Testament themselves. Passages become clearer, metaphors deciphered, and images sharpened. Teachers, students, and laypeople alike will appreciate Hubbard's unique, illuminating, and well-researched approach to the world of the early church.
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INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES
OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis
6:1–8 29
14:18 241
41:45 93
Exodus
22:22–24 218
Numbers
24:16 241
26:58–59 28
Deuteronomy
10:18 218
21:3 133
27:19 218
Ruth
4:2 133
1 Samuel
8:4 133
Psalms
68:5–6 218
78:35 241
84:12 259
95:5 239
107:32 133
Daniel
5:18 241
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew
5:1 118
6:5 134
10:17–18 254
12:9 253
13:57 253
17:22–23 249
22:24 254
26:17–30 220
Mark
6:2 253
13:9 254
14:12–26 220
Luke
2:44 120
4:16 253
6:5 253
12:11 254
13:10–17 132
18:25 229
21:12 254
22:7–38 220
John
3:4 120
15:13 105
18:20 253
Acts
3:1–10 45
3:6 45
4:31 219
6 267
8:1–3 156, 197
8:3 164
8:9 32, 44
8:9–24 44
8:10 44
8:13 44
8:20–23 44–45
8:31 211
9 43, 54
9:10–12 54
9:15–16 162
9:17 200
9:31 211
10:24 230–31
11:26 118, 211
11:27–30 156
12:12 219
12:17 210
13:1–3 211
13:4–12 45
13:6 46
13:6–12 32
13:7 46
13:9–11 46
13:1...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Translations
- Introduction
- RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION
- The Cultural Context
- The New Testament Context
- EDUCATION, PHILOSOPHY, AND ORATORY
- The Cultural Context
- The New Testament Context
- CITY AND SOCIETY
- The Cultural Context
- The New Testament Context
- HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY
- The Cultural Context
- The New Testament Context
- Epilogue
- Endnotes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Callouts
- Back Cover