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- Book Write-Up: When Calls the Heart, by Janette Oke
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Category Archives: Greco-Roman
Book Write-Up: The Gods of Olympus, by Barbara Graziosi
Barbara Graziosi. The Gods of Olympus: A History. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2014. See here to purchase the book. Barbara Graziosi is a scholar in classics. The Gods of Olympus concerns views about the Greek gods throughout history. Here are … Continue reading
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Philo and the Unborn in Special Laws III
A while back, I wrote a blog post, “Judaism, Abortion, and Joan,” in which I talked about ancient Jewish ideas about the unborn. The post centered around different Jewish interpretations of Exodus 22:22-25. This passage states (in the KJV): If … Continue reading
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Wanderlust: The Parable of the Prodigal Son, Star Trek, and Philo
At church this morning, the pastor preached about the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32). Earlier in the service, there was a skit about the parable. The pastor made a point about the parable that overlaps with other themes … Continue reading
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A Comparison of Philo’s Special Laws I with the Epistle to the Hebrews
I recently finished Philo’s Special Laws I for my daily quiet time. Yesterday, I moved on to Special Laws II. Philo was a first century C.E. Jewish thinker in Alexandria, Egypt. He interpreted the Torah in light of Greek philosophy. … Continue reading
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Meghan Henning: Views on the Afterlife in the Time of Jesus
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Book Write-Up: A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion
Gary M. Burge. A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2015. See here to buy the book. Gary M. Burge teaches New Testament at Wheaton College. A Week in the Life of a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion, Cult of Asclepius, Diaspora Jews, Gary M. Burge, intervarsity press, IVP Academic, Palestinian Jews, Rome
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Book Write-Up: Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars
Jon D. Mikalson. Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2003. Herodotus was a fifth century B.C.E. historian, and he wrote about fifth century wars between the Greeks and the Persians. … Continue reading
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Book Write-Up: Emperor Worship and Roman Religion
Ittai Gradel. Emperor Worship and Roman Religion. Oxford, New York: Clarendon Press, 2002. On the subject of emperor worship in ancient Rome, Ittai Gradel seems to present a similar picture to what I have read thus far in other scholarly … Continue reading
Book Write-Up: Roman Ideas of Deity
W. Warde Fowler. Roman Ideas of Deity in the Last Century Before the Christian Era: Lectures Delivered in Oxford for the Oxford University Fund. London: MacMillan and Co., 1914. I have been looking for books to read about ancient Roman … Continue reading
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