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1 online resource (633 pages) |
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Can archaeological remains be made to "speak" when brought into conjunction with texts? Can written remains, on stone or papyrus, shed light on the parables of Jesus, or on the Jewish view of afterlife? What are the limits to the use of artifactual data, and when is the value overstated? Text and Artifact addresses the complex and intriguing issue of how primary religious texts from the ancient Mediterranean world are illuminated by, and in turn illuminate, the ever-increasing amount of artifactual evidence available from the surrounding world. The book honours Peter Richardson, and the fir. |
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Preface; Partners in Publication; Contributors; Part One: Peter Richardson: Writer and Teacher; Part Two: Text and Artifact in the New Testament World; Part Three: Text and Artifact in the World of Christian Origins; Part Four: Text and Artifact in the World of Late-Antique Judaism; Part Five: Text and Artifact in the Greco-Roman World; Indices. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events. |
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Bible. New Testament -- History of contemporary events. |
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Bible. New Testament -- History of contemporary events.
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Bible. New Testament. |
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History of contemporary events. |
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Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events.
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History of Biblical events. |
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Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
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Jews in the New Testament.
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Jews in the New Testament. |
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Electronic books.
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Desjardins, Michel.
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Print version: Wilson, Stephen G. Text and Artifact in the Religions of Mediterranean Antiquity : Essays in Honour of Peter Richardson. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006 9780889203563 |
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9780889205512 (electronic book) |
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0889205515 (electronic book) |
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