The New Testament background : writings from ancient Greece and the Roman Emp…

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

0060608811

Physical Description

xxix, 361 pages ; 23 cm

Call Number

BS2410.B27

Jesus and his times / Reader's digest.

Contents: Introduction : Jesus and the four Gospels -- The birth of the Savior -- A troubled land -- Classes and masses -- Village life -- Jerusalem, the holy city -- The life of the mind -- Trade and travel -- Religious conflict -- The mission of the Messiah -- Spread of the Gospel -- Places in Bible times -- Biblical citations. Abstract: The life of Jesus the Messiah with a descript…

Power, politics, and the making of the Bible : an introduction / Robert B. Co…

Content: I. What is the Bible? -- II. People of Palestine? -- III. Israel before the Bible -- IV. David begins the Bible -- V. Solomon and the temple -- VI. Revolutions in Israel -- VII. Great estates -- VIII. The Iron Empire -- IX. Josiah and the Deuteronomists -- X. Babylonian rulers and the court in exile -- XI. Persian rulers and the new temple -- XII. Greek rulers and Rome's hasmoneans -- …