The Crosses of Pompeii
：Jesus-Devotion in a Vesuvian Town
Publication subTitle ：Jesus-Devotion in a Vesuvian Town
Author： Longenecker > Bruce W.
Publisher： Fortress Press
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: 9781506410418
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781451490121
Subject： B92 宗教理论与概况;B929 宗教史、宗教地理;B97 基督教
Keyword： 宗教,文物考古
Language： ENG
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Description
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.
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