Using a contra-cultural model of social interaction, this book examines the interaction between Pagan and early Christian constructions of social order focussin

Recent studies have re-assessed Emperor worship as a genuinely religious response to the metaphysics of social order. Brent argues that Augustus' revolution rep

This book addresses the influence of the imperial cult in first-century AD Asia Minor and its subsequent relevance to the reading of the New Testament. In parti

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Seminal essays from a leading New Testament scholar For the past twenty years, John Barclay has researched and written on the social history of early Christiani