This work assembles and catalogs the values, conflicts, and mores of ancient Mediterranean culture pertinent to the Fourth Gospel. In many ways, the authors dis

This latest addition to the Fortress Social-Science Commentaries on New Testament writings illuminates the values, perceptions, and social codes of the Mediterr

The authors build on their earlier social-scientific works and enhance the highly successful commentary model they developed in their social-scientific commenta

A groundbreaking first social-science commentary on this popular book of the Bible.

The Social-Science Commentary series pioneers an alternative commentary genre, providing in this volume the text of the deutero-Pauline letters and cultural not