The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians: Essays in Honor of L. Michael White (Novum Testamentum, Supplements, 189)

Book info: The Social Worlds of Ancient Jews and Christians: Essays in Honor of L. Michael White (Novum Testamentum, Supplements, 189) (Hardcover, 390 pages) – Brill, 2022. Language: English.

This volume contains fifteen essays in honor of L. Michael White, whose work has been influential in exploring the social histories of ancient Jews and Christians within the Graeco-Roman world. Following an introduction that highlights some of White’s main scholarly contributions, the essays are grouped into three topic areas: Paul and his Legacy, Social Relations, and Material Culture. The essays are united by an interest in reconstructing the social worlds of ancient Jews and Christians through careful analysis of literary sources and material culture in their most precise ancient contexts. Editorial Reviews About the Author Jaimie Gunderson, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow of Teaching and Research in the Religious Studies Department at George Mason University. Her published work focuses on embodiment and emotion in early Christian texts.
Tony Keddie, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Class and Power in Roman Palestine: The Socioeconomic Setting of Judaism and Christian Origins (Cambridge, 2019).
Douglas Boin, Ph.D., Classics, is Associate Professor of History at Saint Louis University. His is the author, most recently, of Alaric the Goth: An Outsider’s History of the Fall of Rome (W. W. Norton, 2020).