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All articles filed in March 2020

Pablo Salinas, The Roman Festivals of the Colosseum
biblical studies and theologyMarch 6, 2020March 9, 2020

Imagining Paul’s Audience in Philippi: Lydia

Note: This portrait of Lydia is fictional, although it is based on the realities of ancient city life and depicts experiences that would have been common. Unlike most of my fictional portraits, this one uses the name of a real figure we know from Paul’s letter. The details of her story, though, are from my…

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Roman Colosseum, photo by Karol Wiśniewski
biblical studies and theologyMarch 2, 2020March 9, 2020

Defending a Generous God: Paul’s Argument in Romans

The Crisis: Torah and the Gentiles In many ways, Paul’s letter to the Romans has shaped contemporary Christianity more than any other book in the New Testament. It was in his reading of this letter, along with Galatians, that Martin Luther first glimpsed a message of grace, of God’s free gift to human beings, that…

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Mosaic of slaves serving at a banquet, Dougga, Tunisia
biblical studies and theologyMarch 2, 2020March 9, 2020

Imagining Paul’s Audience in Rome: Orpheus

Orpheus was born a slave. His first master put him to work in a tannery, where he slept next door to the vats of caustic urine and alum. The child woke each morning with his eyes watering from the fumes, took whatever crumbs of bread were left by the older slaves, and set to work…

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