Reading Romans in Pompeii: Paul's Letter at Ground Level

Peter Oakes relies on demographic information and data from excavations in nearby Pompeii to paint a compelling portrait of daily life in a typicalinsula, 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 hear Paul's letter to the Romans as the apostle's contemporaries might have heard it. The result of this ground-breaking study is a fuller, richer appreciation of Paul's most important letter.

Author: Peter Oakes
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 06/01/2013
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781451476675

About the Author
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Peter Oakes is Greenwood Lecturer in New Testament at the University of Manchester. He is the editor of Rome in the Bible and the Early Church and author of Philippians: From People to Letter.

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