The New Testament is a book of great significance in Western culture yet is often inaccessible to students because the modern world differs so significantly fro

Explores the socio-economic background of people in the New Testament using papyrological evidence from Roman Egypt.

The Social World of the New Testament: Insights and Models surveys essential contributions made by leading scholars of the social-scientific approach to New Tes

This volume addresses the most important issues related to the study of New Testament writings. Two respected senior scholars have brought together a team of di

The Social World of Jesus and the Gospels provides the reader with a set of possible scenarios for reading the New Testament: How did first-century persons thin