REL 406 - Pauline Literature I
1 & 2 Corinthians and 1 & 2 Thessalonians
Week 2 - The Roman Empire and the Greek cities
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Our readings this week are intended to give us a feeling for the Roman and Greek cultures of the time, and to give the time-frame of the events of the New Testament. From them you may get a picture of what it was probably like to be a member of a peace-keeping force in outlying regions of the Roman Empire, such as Judea and Asia Minor, where the people and customs were strange to the provincial governors and to the officers of the Roman army.
Also, a picture of what it was probably like to be a member of a Greek community; and of the spiritual hunger of Gentiles seeking God.
Such people comprised Paul's mission field, and the intended readership for most of his letters.
InterNet Resources
- History Pages
- Geography pages
- The Didache
- Justin Martyr's description of the Early Church
- Justin Martyr's First Apology - see chapters 65-67
- Pliny's Letter to Trajan
- Forum Romanum - lots of information on Rome
- Images of Greece and Rome - mostly color photos
- Roman Emperors
- Roman Empire Site
- Rome - Republic to Empire
- Julius Caesar
- Julius Caesar
- Augustus
- Augustus
- Augustus and the Pax Romana
- Tiberius
- Augustus and Tiberius
- Suetonius - Life of Caligula
- Life of Nero, by Dio Cassius
- Claudius
- Social History of the Roman Empire
- Legion XX - a modern re-creation of a Roman Legion, with information on dress, customs, etc.
- The Roman Army
- Ephesus
- Philippi
- Philippi
- Thessalonika
- Athens
- Corinth
- Corinth
- The Jewish-Roman World of Jesus - follow links to " The Roman World of Jesus" and to other pages of information on Rome
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