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The New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology

by Bruce J. Malina · 1993

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A long-running classroom text that introduces readers to the New Testament through the lens of cultural anthropology, and to the wider social-scientific approach to studying these writings. This new edition is expanded with fresh chapters, including one on envy and another on the Jesus movement. Earlier chapters have been revised, the bibliography extended, and study questions added to help students work through the material. Suited to students of religion and to general readers interested in biblical history.

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Setting
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 274 pages

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