Synopses & Reviews
Associations in the Greco-Roman World provides students and scholars with a clear and readable resource for greater understanding of the social, cultural, and religious life across the ancient Mediterranean. By analyzing previously untapped artifacts from more than 1,000 small or unofficial associations, the authors present in great detail how these Jewish and Christian groups--and their members--functioned and related with one another. Including a substantial annotated bibliography, new translations, and accompanying images, this sourcebook fills the many gaps and allows for future exploration in archaeological studies of the Greco-Roman religious world.
Review
"This is a valuable sourcebook that makes available in English a representative and comprehensive collection of texts on the associations in the Greco-Roman world."
--Everett Ferguson, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Abilene Christian University
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"Indispensable. A splendid resource for students at several levels, not merely in religious studies, but for anyone exploring the society and culture of the Hellenistic and Roman worlds."
--Wayne A. Meeks, Woolsey Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies, Yale University
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"This book provides an illuminating collection of a wide range of sources, bringing together, perhaps for the first time, epigraphic evidence about associations in the Greco-Roman world. I look forward to using it."
--Ilias Arnaoutoglou, Senior Researcher, Research Centre for the History of Greek Law, Academy of Athens
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"This collection is quite extensive and contains considerably more than most New Testament scholars are aware of. A very welcome resource from a powerhouse of research."
--Abraham Malherbe, Buckingham Professor Emeritus of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation, Yale Divinity School
Synopsis
An invaluable companion for New Testament study
About the Author
Richard S. Ascough is Associate Professor and Director at the School of Religion, Queen's University, Kingston.
Philip A. Harland is Associate Professor of Religion and Ancient History at York University, Toronto.
John S. Kloppenborg is a specialist in Christian origins and Second Temple Judaism, and the social world of the early Jesus movement in Jewish Palestine and in the cities of the eastern Empire. He has written extensively on the Synoptic Sayings Gospel (Q) and the Synoptic Problem. He currently resides in Toronto, Canada.