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Page 3: Aspects of the Greco-Roman Social World
Valuable resources for studying the Greco-Roman World || Research projects || Various Collections of images in info of the Greco-Roman World || Sociological and Social-anthropological aspects || Social Science Resources || Sociological studies || Patron-client structures || Honor-Shame || Family structures || Magic || Bibliographies || Socio-rhetorical criticism || Archaeology of ancient cultures || Other collections || Back to main page Valuable resources for studying the Greco-Roman World. Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives. ETANA is a cooperative venture of a consortium of scholarly societies and universities to develop and maintain a comprehensive Internet site for the study of the ancient Near East (ANE). Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites Aufstieg
und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Dreams of Antiquity.
Ancient Journeys. Classic Resources on the Internet. The database consists of links related to Ancient Greek and Roman world.
Denarius Converter. Ancient Units Converter. Quickly convert between many ancient units, add new units and edit existing units. Ideal for papyrology. Maps;
Interactive Ancient Mediterranean Historical and cultural atlas resource Atlas of the Greek and Roman
World See also the collection of Maria C. Pantelia, Electronic
Resources for Classicists,
Cleopatra: Ships of the Ancient
Greeks The Forum of Trajan. Italian site.
QuotationFinder. QuotationFinder allows you to find quotations and allusions in the TLG CD-ROM (Thesaurus Linguae Graecae) and the CLCLT CD-ROM (CETEDOC Library of Christian Latin Texts).
Robert Jewett (Guest Professor, University of Heidelberg), "The Troas Project: Investigating Maritime and Land Routes to Clarify the Role of Alexandreia Troas in Commerce and Religion"
Travel And Religion In Antiquity:
A Preliminary Classified Bibliography
Philip A. Harland, Pausing at the Intersection of Religion and Travel in Antiquity,
Skenotheke:Images
of the Ancient Stage. The Corinth Computer Project. Hellenistic Moral Philosophy Link to an SBL Seminar.
Various collections of images and descriptions of aspects of the Greco-Roman World. Graeco-Roman world,
comprehensive Peter H. Green, (ed.),Hellenistic
History and Culture. Jon D. Mikalson, Religion
in Hellenistic Athens.
Ancient
Rome. The Ancient Gods; Wondrous
Glass, Traditions of Magic
in Late Antiquity. Maecenas;
The Christian Catacombs of Rome J. Moyr Smith, Ancient
Greek Female Costume. Roman
Technology Handbok. Hellenism
and the Art of City Building. Ellen Brundage, Inventing the Solar System: Early Greek Scientists Struggle to Explain How the Heavens Move VRoma
Ancient Rome
Internet
Ancient History Source Book; Rome. The Roman Empire. A Visual Compendium of Roman Emperors. The Christian Catacombs of Rome VRoma Virtual Rome. Italy in Virtual Reality.
Mysteries The Eleusinian Mysteries,
David Ulansey, The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras. Villa of the Mysteries,- from Pompey. MITHRAISM; The Legacy of the Roman Empire's Final Pagan State Religion Athens The Ancient City
of Athens Corinth
Life in Ancient Greece
Corinth 69 pictures Archaeological
Museum of Ancient Corinth. About Corinthia Dr. David Gilman Romano,The Corinth
Computer Project Hector Williams, Kenchreai, Eastern port of Corinth. Pictures from Corinth
Donald Engels, Roman
Corinth; An Alternative Model for The Classical City.
Delphi Late Roman Delphi. Pergamon
Pergamon Pergamon. Pompei
The
Pompei Forum Project Pompei; Asia Minor
Pisidian Antioch.
Diocletians Palace The
Greek & Roman Cities of Western Turkey Focus on Ancient Cities
of Anatolia Focus on Ephesus Focus on Miletos Ephesus First Century Ephesus; Aphrodisias Palestine
Alfred Edersheim, The
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah KC Hanson's Photo Gallery of Syria & Palestine KC Hanson's Photo Gallery of Ancient Mesopotamia KC Hanson's Photos of Greco-Roman Objects Biblical Art A website with a tremendous lots of pictures related to the Bible. Sociological and Social-anthropological aspects of the Ancient Mediterranean World
Social Science Information
Gateway Social Sciences WWW Resource List (Q - Z). Antropology links. Ancient Economies. K. C. Hanson and Douglas E. Oakman, Palestine
in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts. "Clean/Unclean, Pure/Polluted
and Holy/Profane."
"Reader's Guide to
Meals, Food and Tablefellowship." Mediterranean Culture. These resources assist in understanding and interpreting ancient, Mediterranean societies in which the Bible originated. Those who follow social scientific approaches to interpreting ancient documents should find them helpful. Bloomquist, L. G.; Bonneau, Normand; and Coyle, John Kevin, Prolegomena to a Sociological Study of Early Christianity: The Example of The Study of Early Christian Leadership, Social Compass 39.2 (June, 1992) 221-239. Age,
Gender, and Status Divisions At Mealtime In The Roman House: a synopsis
of the literary evidence. Marianne Sawicki, Spatial Management of Gender and Labor in Greco-Roman Galilee. Marianne Sawicki,Caste
and Contact in the Galilee of Jesus: Research Beyond Positivism and Constructivism. K.C. Hanson, Blood and Purity in Leviticus and Revelation. Philip A. Harland, Connections with Elites in the World of the Early Christians. in Handbook of Early Christianity: Social Science Approaches, edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Paul-André Turcotte, and Jean Duhaime, pp. 385-408. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press. Philip A. Harland, The Economy of First-Century Palestine: State of the Scholarly Discussion. in Handbook of Early Christianity: Social Science Approaches, edited by Anthony J. Blasi, Paul-André Turcotte, and Jean Duhaime, pp. 511-27. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press.
Stephan J. Joubert, One form of social exchange or two? "Euergetism," patronage, and testament studies - Roman and Greek ideas of patronage, published in Biblical Theology Bulletin spring 2001.
Hellenistic Ideology, Propaganda, Patronage
Thesis Bibliography Patron-client contract in Mark 15:1-16:8
Bibliography on Crimes of Honour . Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law (CIMEL) and the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS). DeSilva, David, Honor & Shame. Connecting Personhood to Group values. Sharon K. Araji, Crimes of Honor and Shame: Violence against Women in Non-Western and Western Societies Honor Killings in
Palestine Azza Basarudin, Whose Honor? Muslim Women and Crimes of Honor© Honor Killing: Killing of Women on the Basis of Family Honor, from The Palestinian Human Rights Monitor Vol 6/4. 2002. K.C. Hanson, How Honorable! How Shameful! A Cultural Analysis of Matthew's Makarisms and Reproaches Anne Kari Moberg, Et
spill om ære; Individets forhold til ære, og ærens rolle i
det islandske fristatssamfunn.
Ann Gardner's Sinai Bedouin Women. KC. Hanson, BTB
Readers Guide: Kinship. Marriage
& Divorce Papyri of the ancient Greek, Roman and Jewish world, Kinship and Social Organization: An Interactive Tutorial Family and Society in Ancient Israel Women: Religion, Healing and Power. A Bibliography compiled by Carole Makeig Carroll Gender Studies Bibliographies. Ancient Astrology and Divination on the Web. Greek and Roman Diviniation. The Departement of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania hosted a conference on Greek and Roman Divination on April 20 - 21, 2001. Abstracts of some lectures are available online.
John-Gabriel Bodard, Witches
and Magic Users in Greek Literature. John-Gabriel Bodard, Necromancy. Classics 167: Greek and Roman Magic; Bibliography Bibliography of printed material. Davila, J., Ancient Magic (The Prayer of Jacob)
Neyrey, J.H. "Miracles, In Other
Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healing." Lester Ness, Astrology
and Judaism in Late Antiquity Ancient Medicine.
Social-Scientific
Interpretation of the New Testament. K.C. Hanson, Greco-Roman
Studies and the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible: A Classified Periodical
Bibliography (1970—1994)
K.C. Hanson, Ritual
and Ceremony in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East: A Select Classified
Bibliography (1970–1996)
K.C. Hanson, Ritual
and Ceremony in the Graeco-Roman World: A Select Classified Bibliography
(1970–1996) The Roman Imperial Cult.A Bibliography.
NT
Sociological Analysis, Structural Analysis, and Theology. Bibliography: Drama in the Roman Republic Gender Studies/Women in Antiquity: Bibliography Women: Religion, Healing and Power. A Bibliography compiled by Carole Makeig Carroll Bradley J. Thompson, House Churches.An Annotated Bibliography.
THESIS BIBLIOGRAPHY Bibliographies of persons: Publications
of members of the Context Group Publications of Vernon K. Robbins Selected articles
by Jerome H. Neyrey Introduction:
A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples. Online Rhetoric, provided by Dr. Gideon Burton of Brigham Young University, is a guide to the terms of classical and renaissance rhetoric. Socio-Rhetorical
Interpretation A Rhetoric Bibliography, David B. Gowler, The Development of Socio-Rhetorical Criticism Vernon K. Robbins, The
Present and Future of Rhetorical Analysis Vernon K. Robbins,Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation from its Beginnings to the Present.
Vernon K. Robbins, "Argumentative Textures in Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation." In Argumentation in Biblical Texts: Essays from the 2000 Lund Conference. A. Eriksson, T. H. Olbricht, and W. Übelacker, eds. Emory Studies in Early Christianity. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2002: 27-65. Vernon K. Robbins, "The Rhetorical Full-Turn in Biblical Interpretation: Reconfiguring Rhetorical-Political Analysis." In Rhetorical Criticism and the Bible: Essays from the 1998 Florence Conference. S. E. Porter and T. H. Olbricht, eds. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series. Sheffield Academic Press, 2002: 48-60.
Vernon K. Robbins, Beginnings and Developments in Socio-Rhetorical Interpretations. Forthcoming Vernon K. Robbins, Rhetorical Analysis of Biblical Documents in the Past Decade with Special Focus on the Seven 'Pepperdine' Conferences Heidelberg 2002 Rhetoric Conference, July 25, 2002. Studies: L. Gregory Blomquist, Rhetorical Analysis and Sociological Analysis in Historical Jesus Research, published in Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 9.2 (1997) 139-154. Originally presented at the Sociology of Early Christianity Workshop, Toronto, 1993 David B. Gowler, Hospitality and Charactterization in Luke 11:37-54:A Socio-Narratological Approach David B. Gowler, Parables and their Social Contexts Vernon K. Robbins, Socio-Rhetorical
Hermeneutics and Commentary. Vernon K. Robbins, Rhetorical
Composition and Sources in the Gospel of Thomas
Archaeology of ancient cultures. Journals
Archaeology,
Bulletin of the American
Schools of Oriental Research
Near Eastern Archaeology Journal of Roman Archaelology, Home Page. OnLine
Archaeology. Biblical Archaeology Society, see also:
Palestina Links
General:
Palestine in
the Time of Jesus: Social Institutions and Social Conflicts
Biblical Cities: Their Important Features
James D. Tabor, The
Jewish Roman World of Jesus. Articles on first-century Judaism The
Oriental Institute Museum: Highlights from the Collections. Israel National
Parks Authority Donald D. Binder, Second Temple
Synagogues Academic
Jewish Studies Internet Directory. Jewish Studies
Resources, Abila of the Decapolis; Jürgen Zangenberg, Between Texts and Cooking Pots. The Contibution of Archaeology to the Study of the New Testament. A Lecture with Slides at Bangor Theological Seminary, Sept. 27th 1999. Tiago, Filho de José, Irmão de Jesus. A Web-page collection of recent articles etc on "the Ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus". Jerusalem The Jerusalem Archaeological
Park Caesarea Maritima Links: Archaeological Excavations at Caesarea Maritima, Israel Caphernaum Capharnaum - the town of Jesus Megiddo: Megiddo
Excavations. Sepphoris: Site Introduction to Sepphoris The 1993 Season Excavations at Sepphoris. The 1994 Season Excavations at Sepphoris. The 1995 Season Excavations at Sepphoris. Information about the 1996 Season at Sepphoris Excavations at Sepphoris, Israel, 1966 The Glass From Sepphoris
(1983-1991) Qumran Dead
Sea Scrolls Orion Center For the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls Orion's Qumran
Bibliography Dead Sea
Scrolls & Qumran More general Mediterranean ArchNet Archeology on the
Net; The Roman World . Oriental
Institute Virtual Museum Tour. City Net's
Exploring Ancient
World Cultures. Classics
and Mediterranean Archaeology Mediterranean
Archaeological Images Archaeology Perseus Project Home Page Madison Biblical Archaeology
Society. Near East Archaeological
Society Web site (WWW)
Virtual Library museums pages. The Roman Empire. KAPATIJA 1996 Archaeological WWW/FTP/Gopher Sites Relevant to the Aegean Other collections of material related to Biblical Studies I list here some pages that partly overlap with my own, partly represent info not covered by this page. Many of them are quite extensive.The Bible and Interpretation BibleHistoryOnline Scriptorium The New Testament Gateway. Commentarium.
Christian Scripture.
Wabash Center; The Jewish History Resource
Center Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism and Christianity Andy Tannenbaums Jewish
Web Resources page, Shema Ysrael, Torah Network. ABZU
(Ancient Near East) Art and Architecture, Internet
Theology Resources, KristNet Library of the Age of Antiquity. Diogenes Links The
Virtual Library Library Electronic Text The Ecole Initiative Christian
WWW Resources Directory
of Scholarly e-mail conferences Homepage des Informationsystems
der Uni Tübingen
Guide to Christian Literature on the Internet International Bible
and Theology Gateways , various religious links. International Bible
and Theology Gateways. Biblical Studies Info Page. Religious Studies
Internet Links, Williams College, The Biblical Studies Foundation. Not Just Bibles: A Guide to Christian Resources on the Internet Links to internet
resources of interest to classicists and Mediterranean archaeologists. Exploring Ancient World
Cultures: Rassegna Degli Strumenti Iinformatici Per Lo Studio Dell'Antichita Classica Internet
resources; K.C. Hanson's World Wide Web Sites Relating to the Ancient Mediterranean This page was last updated Jan. 29. 2010.
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