Simeon Griswold, The Conversion of Saul (1857) Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Simeon Griswold, The Conversion of Saul (1857) Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Yarbro Collins’s goal in Paul Transformed is to capture the multiple images of Paul that early Christ-confessors created from reading the apostle’s letters.
Read MoreStele bearing an inscription the Aglauros priestess, Timokrite, as an honor from Athenian demos (ca. 247/6 or 246/5 BCE) Acropolis Museum [Wikimedia].
Stele bearing an inscription the Aglauros priestess, Timokrite, as an honor from Athenian demos (ca. 247/6 or 246/5 BCE) Acropolis Museum [Wikimedia].
Women and the Polis is a welcomed addition to the scholarly conversation not only about ancient Greek benefactresses in particular but also about ancient Greek benefaction in general.
Read MoreRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, The Parable of the Rich Fool (1627) Berlin, Gemäldegalerie [Wikimedia].
Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) (1913) Art Institute of Chicago [Wikimedia]
Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons) (1913) Art Institute of Chicago [Wikimedia]
Wasserman posits that Jewish apocalyptic works are better understood as myths about relationships in the divine realm. These writings do not share a common worldview (especially two age dualism) or theological system, but rather premises about the structure of the world.
Read MoreGate of Mazaeus and Mithridates in Ephesus, Turkey that serves as an entrance to Ephesus's southern agora and that contains a Latin inscription honoring the Julio-Claudian imperial family: "Mithridates (set up this portion of the monumental gate) for his patrons Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, thrice consul, victorious general, six times holding power of the tribune; Julia; Caesar Augustus; and their children" (IEph 3006; translation and photo by D. Clint Burnett).
Gate of Mazaeus and Mithridates in Ephesus, Turkey that serves as an entrance to Ephesus's southern agora and that contains a Latin inscription honoring the Julio-Claudian imperial family: "Mithridates (set up this portion of the monumental gate) for his patrons Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, thrice consul, victorious general, six times holding power of the tribune; Julia; Caesar Augustus; and their children" (IEph 3006; translation and photo by D. Clint Burnett).
My new book, Studying the New Testament Through Inscriptions: An Introduction, introduces Greco-Roman inscriptions to a broader audience, interprets them as archaeological artifacts, and then demonstrates the benefit of epigraphs for interpreting the New Testament through five case studies.
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