Archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic, and historical research is used to illuminate the meaning and function of temples in both Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures. This evidence is then brought into a dialogue with a literary analysis of how the temple functions as a symbol in Revelation.
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Revised Ph.D. dissertation 1999. The author is professor of religion at Rochester College.
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Throughout the Hellenistic and early Roman imperial periods, temples permeated virtually every aspect of society in Greece and western Asia Minor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asia Minor, Josephus Ant, Solomon's Temple, New York, Diodorus Siculus, Pausanias Description of Greece, Diaspora Jews, Josephus War, Philo Special Laws, Temple Scroll, Apocalypse of Abraham, Old Testament, Strabo Geography, Achilles Tatius, Scholars Press, Post-Exilic Temple, Testament of Levi, Ephesian Artemis, Philo Embassy, Dio Cassius Roman History, Athenaeus Deipnosophists, Gentile Christians, Aelius Aristides Sacred Tales, Dio Chrysostom Discourses, Jewish Christians New!
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Throughout the Hellenistic and early Roman imperial periods, temples permeated virtually every aspect of society in Greece and western Asia Minor. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Asia Minor, Josephus Ant, Solomon's Temple, New York, Diodorus Siculus, Pausanias Description of Greece, Diaspora Jews, Josephus War, Philo Special Laws, Temple Scroll, Apocalypse of Abraham, Old Testament, Strabo Geography, Achilles Tatius, Scholars Press, Post-Exilic Temple, Testament of Levi, Ephesian Artemis, Philo Embassy, Dio Cassius Roman History, Athenaeus Deipnosophists, Gentile Christians, Aelius Aristides Sacred Tales, Dio Chrysostom Discourses, Jewish Christians New!
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- Achilles Tatius: The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon (Loeb Classical Library) by Achilles Tatius on 12 pages
- Roman History: v. 4 (Loeb Classical Library) by Cassius Cocceianus Dio on 11 pages
- Templum Amicitiae (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement) by William A. Horbury on 7 pages
- Temple in Society by Michael V. Fox on 6 pages
- The Book of Revelation (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Robert H. Mounce on 5 pages
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