A fascinating anthology of quotes and stories popular in Mediterranean society during the first centuries—familiar tales often reflected in the gospel stories. The pages of this unique reference work draw a vivid and colorful picture of popular culture in the ancient world.
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A great achievement . . . The breadth of material here will be valuable for those seeking to situate the Gospel stories within the broader context of contemporary literature. -- Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Used correctly, the volume is a fascinating resource that will prove extremely helpful to scholar, pastor, and layperson alike. -- Interpretation --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Used correctly, the volume is a fascinating resource that will prove extremely helpful to scholar, pastor, and layperson alike. -- Interpretation --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Vernon K. Robbins is Professor of Religion at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and author of Jesus the Teacher (1984).
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Lives of the Caesars, Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, Lives of the Sophists, Aesopic Fables, Attic Nights, Messenger of God, Marcus Cato, Sayings of Spartans, Tusculan Disputations, Life of Apollonius, John the Baptist, Valerius Maximus, Cato the Younger, Fabius Maximus, Polemo Philostratus, Lives of the Philosophers, Manius Curius, Simon Peter, Caesar Suetonius, Varia Historia, Boundary Plutarch, Caius Marius, Fortune of Alexander, King Agesilaus New!
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Lives of the Caesars, Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, Lives of the Sophists, Aesopic Fables, Attic Nights, Messenger of God, Marcus Cato, Sayings of Spartans, Tusculan Disputations, Life of Apollonius, John the Baptist, Valerius Maximus, Cato the Younger, Fabius Maximus, Polemo Philostratus, Lives of the Philosophers, Manius Curius, Simon Peter, Caesar Suetonius, Varia Historia, Boundary Plutarch, Caius Marius, Fortune of Alexander, King Agesilaus New!
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- Lives of the Caesars (Oxford World's Classics) by Suetonius on 45 pages
- Tusculan disputations (Classical texts) by Marcus Tullius Cicero on 18 pages
- The Jewish War: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Flavius Josephus on 4 pages
- Against Apion by Flavius Josephus on page 4, page 223, and Back Matter
- Yom Kippur by Norma Simon on page 65
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