Bibliograph

The crosses of Pompeii, Jesus-devotion in a Vesuvian town, Bruce W. Longenecker

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Label

The crosses of Pompeii, Jesus-devotion in a Vesuvian town, Bruce W. Longenecker

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The crosses of Pompeii

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bruce W. Longenecker

Sub title

Jesus-devotion in a Vesuvian town

Summary

Through a twist of fate, the eruption that destroyed Pompeii in 79 CE also preserved a wealth of evidence about the town, buried for centuries in volcanic ash. Since the town's excavations in the eighteenth century, archaeologists have disputed the evidence that might attest the presence of Christians in Pompeii before the eruption. Now, Bruce W. Longenecker reviews that evidence, in comparison with other possible evidence of first-century Christian presence elsewhere, and reaches the conclusion that there were indeed Christians living in the doomed town. Illustrated with maps, charts, photographs, and line drawings depicting artifacts from the town, The Crosses of Pompeii presents an elegant case for their presence. Longenecker's arguments require dramatic changes to our understanding of the early history of Christianity

Target audience

adult

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