Reading Romans in Pompeii: Paul’s Letter at Ground Level (Biblia.com)

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Peter Oakes relies on demographic information and data from excavations in nearby Pompeii to paint a compelling portrait of daily life in a typical insula, or apartment complex, like the ones in which Paul’s audience in Rome likely lived. Imaginatively fleshing out profiles of the circumstances of actual residents of Pompeii, Oakes then uses these profiles to invite the reader into a new way to...

Exploration of aspects of Paul’s ideas of salvation in Romans that pertain to group identity touches on issues relevant today as well as then. What does it mean for Christian salvation to create a group, rather than simply to change the lives of individuals? What kind of group is created? How does such a group relate to the structure of society? In assuming that Holconius is a Christian, we must allow him some knowledge of Judaism. Apart from anything, he

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