Location	Call Number	Status
G/F Collection	BS 2545 .E815 .S56	Available

Table of Contents

• The Pharisees : power and purity
• The Sadducees : priesthood and aristocracy
• The scribes : political sages
• The Zealots : religious militancy and the sole rule of God
• The tax collectors : pragmatic opportunists
• The sinners : marginalized and profligate
• The "people of the land" : poverty and piety
• The Samaritans : religion and ethnicity
• John the Baptist and his disciples : community and transition
• The Hebrews : faith and dissonance
• The Hellenists : cultures in transition
• Charlatans, exorcists, and magicians : the challenge of syncretism
• The Herodians : politics and compromise
• The Roman imperial rulers : hierarchy and empire
• The centurions : the presence of Roman military might
• Patrons, clients, and trade guilds : the nexus of politics, society, and economics
• The Greek philosophers : faith and intellect in dialogue
• Slaves and freed persons :

Notes

• ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-338) and indexes.

Subject

• Ethnicity in the Bible

Author

• Simmons, William A., 1954-

Additional Title

• Peoples of the New Testament world

Publisher

• Hendrickson Publishers, Inc

Call Number

• BS 2545 .E815 .S56

ISBN

• 1565638778 (alk. paper)
• 9781565638778 (alk. paper)

Content Type

• text

Carrier Type

• volume

Media Type

• unmediated

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