The World of Jesus: Making Sense of the People and Places of Jesus' Day (2013 Marty), book
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The World of Jesus: Making Sense of the People and Places of Jesus' Day (2013) is a book by William Henry Marty.
Abstract
"Bible professor teaches readers about the world Jesus lived in and the time between the Old and New Testaments."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2013.
Contents
Homeward bound: the Persian period -- Alexander the Great: the apostle of Hellenism: the Greek period -- A courageous priest and his sons: the Maccabean revolt -- A house divided against itself cannot stand: the Hasmonean period -- Herod the Great: "The Client King": the Roman period: Part I -- "The paranoid king": the Roman period: Part II -- Jesus and the Herodians: the early church and the Herodians -- When religion gets sick.