The Crosses of Pompeii

Jesus-Devotion in a Vesuvian Town

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Bruce W Longenecker

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Through a twist of fate, the eruption that destroyed Pompeii in 79 CE also preserved a wealth of evidence about the town, buried for centuries in volcanic ash. Since the town's excavations in the eighteenth century, archaeologists have disputed the evidence that might attest the presence of Christians in Pompeii before the eruption. Now, Bruce W. Longenecker reviews that evidence, in comparison with other possible evidence of first-century Christian presence elsewhere, and reaches the conclusion that there were indeed Christians living in the doomed town. Illustrated with maps, charts, photographs, and line drawings depicting artefacts from the town, The Crosses of Pompeii presents an elegant case for their presence. Longenecker's arguments require dramatic changes to our understanding of the early history of Christianity.

Author Biography:

Bruce W. Longenecker is professor of early Christianity and W. W. Melton Chair of Religion at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, having formerly taught in Britain at St. Andrews, Cambridge, and Durham Universities. He is the author of Remember the Poor: Paul, Poverty, and the Greco-Roman World and The Cross before Constantine.

Release date NZ

May 1st, 2016

Author

Bruce W Longenecker

Audiences

ELT advanced
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Pages

320

Dimensions

152x228x23

ISBN-13

9781451490121

Product ID

24474059

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