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Roman Imperial Texts: A Sourcebook is unavailable, but you can change that!

Useful for students, scholars, and every day Bible readers, this volume holds a wealth of resources that enhance your understanding of the early Roman Empire. Mark Reasoner’s careful selections, presented with introduction and commentary, offer crucial context for study of New Testament writings. Roman Imperial Texts includes freshly translated public speeches, official inscriptions, annals,...

The worlds in which the Gospels were composed and circulated were filled with messages of the good that the Roman emperor was bringing to all known peoples. There would be no way for the Gospel writers and their audiences to avoid these messages. It is useful to consider how the gospel regarding Jesus Christ and the kingdom of God that he announced compares with the Roman gospel of the Caesar who actualized a number
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