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This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general...

insists that “the destruction of Corinth was far less extensive than scholars have preferred to believe.”12 In 44 BC Julius Caesar refounded the city mainly from three sources of the Roman populace: (1) freedmen, (2) his own veterans, and (3) urban trades persons and laborers. The geographical position of Corinth ensured that they would prosper. Caesar took care to provide a setting and resources that would ensure a loyal strategic center for the advance of future eastern campaigns, perhaps to Dacia
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