Explores the socio-economic background of people in the New Testament using papyrological evidence from Roman Egypt.

A Well-Dressed Lie: Following the Breadcrumbs to an Uncomfortable Truth By: S. Jernard Parker A book full of history, philosophy, and spirituality, S. Jernard P

Drawing from Greco-Roman history, Second-Temple Jewish studies, archaeology, the social world of the New Testament, parable studies, and the burgeoning literatu

In the past twenty-five years, New Testament scholars have drawn on the social sciences, especially anthropology and sociology, to develop a variety of new pers