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1 and 2 Corinthians (Paperback)
David W.J. Gill, Moyer V. Hubbard; Edited by (general) Clinton E. Arnold
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R381
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Brimming with photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible
Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the
books of the New Testament. It's like slipping on a set of glasses
that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century
reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New
Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying,
puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view
them in their ancient context. You'll deepen your understanding of
the teachings of Jesus. You'll discover the close, sometimes
startling interplay between God's kingdom and the practical affairs
of the church. Best of all, you'll gain a deepened awareness of the
Bible's relevance for your life. Written in a clear, engaging
style, this beautiful set provides a new and accessible approach
that more technical expository and exegetical commentaries don't
offer.
The Book of Acts in Its Graeco-Roman Setting locates the Book of
Acts within various regional and cultural settings in the eastern
Mediterranean. These studies draw on recent archaeological
fieldwork and epigraphic discoveries to describe the key cities and
provinces within the Roman Empire. The relevant societal aspects of
these regions, such as the Roman legal system, Roman religion, and
the problem of transport and travel, all help contextualize the
Book of Acts.
Winifred Lamb was a pioneering archaeologist in the Aegean and
Anatolia. She studied classics at Newnham College, Cambridge, and
subsequently served in naval intelligence alongside J. D. Beazley
during the final stages of the First World War. As war drew to a
close, Sydney Cockerell, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in
Cambridge, invited Lamb to be the honorary keeper of Greek
antiquities. Over the next 40 years she created a prehistoric
gallery, marking the university's contribution to excavations in
the Aegean, and developed the museum's holdings of classical
bronzes and Athenian figure-decorated pottery. Lamb formed a
parallel career excavating in the Aegean. She was admitted as a
student of the British School at Athens and served as assistant
director on the Mycenae excavations under Alan Wace and Carl
Blegen. After further work at Sparta and on prehistoric mounds in
Macedonia, Lamb identified and excavated a major Bronze Age site at
Thermi on Lesbos. She conducted a brief excavation on Chios before
directing a major project at Kusura in Turkey. She was recruited
for the Turkish language section of the BBC during the Second World
War, and after the cessation of hostilities took an active part in
the creation of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara.
Dr John Disney (1779-1857) was the benefactor of the first chair in
archaeology at a British university. He also donated his major
collection to the University of Cambridge. The sculptures continue
to be displayed in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The Disney family traced
its origins back to the Norman invasion of England, and the family
home was at Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. Disney's father, the
Reverend John Disney DD (1746-1816) left the Church of England to
become a minister at the Unitarian Essex Street Chapel in London. A
major sponsor of the chapel was Thomas Brand-Hollis of The Hyde,
Essex, who bequeathed the house and his Grand Tour collection
(formed with Thomas Hollis) on his death in 1804 to the Reverend
John Disney. Disney inherited part of the classical collection of
his uncle and father-in-law Lewis Disney-Ffytche, owner of the 18th
century pleasure gardens, Le Desert de Retz, outside Paris.
Disney's brother-in-law was Sir William Hillary, founder of the
RNLI. Disney was instrumental in the creation of the Chelmsford
Museum through the Chelmsford Philosophical Society, and the
formation of the Essex Archaeological Society.
In the tradition of The First Urban Christians by Wayne Meeks, this
book explores the relationship between the earliest Christians and
the city environment. Experts in classics, early Christianity, and
human geography analyze the growth, development, and
self-understanding of the early Christian movement in urban
settings. The book's contributors first look at how the urban
physical, cultural, and social environments of the ancient
Mediterranean basin affected the ways in which early Christianity
progressed. They then turn to how the earliest Christians thought
and theologized in their engagement with cities. With a rich
variety of expertise and scholarship, The Urban World and the First
Christians is an important contribution to the understanding of
early Christianity.
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