The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background & Early Christianity

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0830815899 ISBN13: 9780830815890 Release Date: October 1999 Publisher: IVP Academic Length: 352 Pages Weight: 1.22 lbs. Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9" What was life like for first-century Christians?Imagine a modest-sized Roman home of a well-to-do Christian household wedged into a thickly settled quarter of Corinth. In the lingering light of a summer evening, men, women and children, merchants, working poor and slaves, a mix of races and backgrounds have assembled in the dimly lit main room are are spilling into the central courtyard. This odd assortment of gathered believers--some thirty in number--are attentive as the newly arrived and travel-weary emissary from Paul reads from the papyrus scroll he has brought from their apostolic mentor.But if you were to be transported to this scene you would perhaps be overwhelmed by a flood of unexpected difference. The voice of the reader recedes as through open windows the din an