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Wide-ranging and original studies demonstrating clearly that texts and artifacts can be mutually supportive. Of interest to all those fascinated by the ancient Mediterranean world and the origins of Judaism and Christianity.

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Author:   Stephen G. Wilson ,  Michel Desjardins
Publisher:   Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Imprint:   Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9780889203563

ISBN 10:   0889203563
Pages:   632
Publication Date:   30 May 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Text and Artifact in the Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity: Essays in Honour of Peter Richardson, edited by Stephen G. Wilson and Michel Desjardins Preface Partners in Publication Contributors Part One: Peter Richardson: Writer and Teacher Giving to Peter What Has Belonged to Paul Michel Desjardins The Professor's House Laurence Broadhurt Part Two: Text and Artifact in the New Testament World Reading the Text and Digging the Past: The First Audience of Romans Lloyd Gaston Peter in the Middle: Galatians 2:11-21 L. Ann Tervis Phoebe, the Servant-Benefactor and Gospel Traditions Roman Garrison Paul and the Caravanners: A Proposal on the Mode of ``Passing Through Mysia'' Robert Jewett Benefaction Gone Wrong: The ``Sin'' of Ananias and Sapphira in Context Richard S. Ascough Isaiah 5:1-7, the Parable of the Tenants and Vineyard Leases on Papyrus John S. Kloppenborg The Parable of the Tenants and the Class Consciousness of the Peasantry William E. Arnal Placing Jesus of Nazareth: Toward a Theory of Place in the Study of the Historical Jesus Halvor Moxnes Irony, Text and Artifact: Cross and Superscription in the Passion Narratives Paul W. Gooch On the Relation of Text and Artifact: Some Cautionary Tales James D.G. Dunn Part Three: Text and Artifact in the World of Christian Origins Physiotherapy of Femininity in the Acts of Thecla Willi Braun Sex and the Single God: Celibacy as Social Deviancy in the Roman Period Calvin J. Roetzel ``Good Luck on Your Resurrection'': Beth She'arim and Paul on the Resurrection of the Dead Richard N. Longenecker The Earliest Evidence of an Emerging Christian Material and Visual Culture: The Codex, the Nomina Sacra and the Staurogram Larry W. Hurtado The Aesthetic Origins of Early Christian Architecture Graydon F. Snyder ``Ascent and Descent'' in the Constantinian Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem Wendy Pullan Part Four: Text and Artifact in the World of Late-Antique Judaism Better Homes and Gardens: Women and Domestic Space in the Books of Judith and Susanna Adele Reinhartz Tyros, the ``Floating Palace'' Ehud Netzer Epigraphic Evidence for Jewish Defectors Stephen G. Wilson Jerusalem Ossuary Inscriptions and the Status of Jewish Proselytes Terence L. Donaldson Behind the Names: Samaritans, Ioudaioi, Galileans Sean Freyne Friendship and Second Temple Jewish Sectarianism Wayne O. McCready What Josephus Says about the Essenes in his Judean War Steven Mason The Archaeological Artifacts of Masada and the Credibility of Josephus William Klassen Mishnah's Rhetoric, Other Material Artifacts of Late-Roman Galilee and the Social Formation of the Early Rabbinic Guild Jack N. Lightstone Part Five: Text and Artifact in the Greco-Roman World Apuleius to Symmachus (and Stops in Between): Pietas, Realia and the Empire Harold Remus Apuleius the Novelist, Apuleius the Ostian Householder and the Mithraeum of the Seven Spheres: Further Explorations of an Hypothesis of Filippo Coarelli Roger Beck Indices Subject Index Modern Authors Index Ancient Sources Index

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Stephen G. Wilson is Professor of Religious Studies in the College of the Humanities at Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. Michel Desjardins is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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