David Wheeler-Reed, Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire: Ideology, the Bible, and the early Christians,Yale University Press, New Haven – London, 2017. A New Testament scholar challenges the belief that American family values are based on “Judeo-Christian” norms by drawing unexpected comparisons between ancient Christian theories and modern discourses. Challenging Read more…
A. Edward Siecienski (ed.), Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy, Routledge, London – New York 2017. Constantine: Religious Faith and Imperial Policy brings together some of the English-speaking world’s leading Constantinian scholars for an interdisciplinary study of the life and legacy of the first Christian emperor. For many, he Read more…
Drew W. Billings, Acts of the Apostles and the Rhetoric of Roman Imperialism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge – New York 2017. Acts of the Apostles is normally understood as a historical report of events of the early church and serves as the organizing centerpiece of the New Testament canon. In Read more…
Open Access Book Richard L. Gordon, Georgia Petridou, Jörg Rüpke (ed.), Beyond Priesthood: Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators in the Roman Empire, De Gruyter, Berlin 2017. The last decade has seen a surge of scholarly interest in these religious professionals and a good number of high quality publications. Our volume, Read more…