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The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity is unavailable, but you can change that!

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 spilling into the central courtyard. This odd assortment of gathered believers--some thirty in...

In the Roman world, size was grounds for civic pride. The larger the population of the city and the grander and more numerous its public buildings, the greater the basis for boasting. Residents argued over whose temple or amphitheater was bigger. The loyalty of urban citizens to their city is clear in both Greek and Roman culture. For example, graffiti on a tavern wall in Italy shows the competitiveness: under the boast, “Pergamum, golden city,” is written “Rome, golden city.”4 Rome
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