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The New Testament in Its Social Environment, Vol. 2

Name: The New Testament in Its Social Environment, Vol. 2
Author: John E. Stambaugh
ISBN: 9780664250126

by John E. Stambaugh, David L. Balch

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Overview

This insightful volume in the Library of Early Christianity examines the social, political, and economic world of early Christianity.

The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.

About the Author, John E. Stambaugh

John E. Stambaugh was Professor of Classics at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He is the author The Ancient Roman City: Ancient Society and History.

David L. Balch is Professor of New Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including Families in the New Testament World: Households and House Churches; Early Christian Families in Context; and Homosexuality, Science, and the "Plain Sense" of Scripture.