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ix List of Figures Map 1 Paul’s World. xiv Map 2 Thessalonica (chapter 6 opener). 126 Map 3 Galatia (chapter 7 opener). 142 Map 4 Corinth (chapter 8 opener). 160 Map 5 Rome in the Time of Augustus (chapter 10 opener). 222 Map 6 Philippi (chapter 11 opener). 254 Map 7 Colossae (chapter 12 opener). 278 Fig. P1.1 Paul under arrest, from a Roman sarcophagus. xvi Fig. P1.2 The Apostle Paul, by Domenikos Theotokopoulous (1627). xvi Fig. P1.3 The Apostle Paul, by Anton Rublev (ca. 1410). xvi Fig. Int.1 Early third-century fresco of the apostle Paul, from Rome (chapter opener). 2 Fig. 1.1 Roman slaves being led by iron collars. Marble relief from Smyrna, about 200 c.e. (chapter opener). 10 Fig. 2.1 Papyrus 46 (P46 ), from Egypt, about 200 c.e.The earliest surviving manuscript of the letters of Paul (chapter opener). 20 Fig. 2.2 The Areopagus. 29 Fig. 3.1 The perils of seafaring, from a third-century sarcophagus. 36 Fig. 3.2 The Capitoline Triad (Minerva, Jupiter, and Juno). 46 Fig. 4.1 Activity in a Roman workshop. 52 Fig. 4.2 Fresco of Moses being drawn from the Nile. 57 Fig. 4.3 The Stoa of Attalos, Athens. 66 x | List of Figures Fig. 4.4 A lararium, from Herculaneum. 69 Fig. 4.5 Votive carving dedicated to Asclepius. 70 Fig. 4.6 The Nag Hammadi books. 75 Fig. 4.7 Bust of Livia, Augustus’s wife. 78 Fig. 4.8 Mother Earth reclines in abundance with her children; relief on the Altar of Augustan Peace, dedicated by the Senate in 9 b.c.e. 80 Fig. 5.1 The Appian Way, approaching Rome (chapter opener). 90 Fig. 5.2 A spacious private home in Athens. 94 Fig. 5.3 A thermopolium from Pompeii. 101 Figs. P2.1–6 Funerary portraits of first- and second-century men and women, from Roman Egypt. 124 Fig. 6.1 Roman coin honoring the foundation of Philippi as a Roman colony. 131 Fig. 6.2 Statue of Augustus as divine. 136 Fig. 8.1 Inscription indicating a “synagogue of the Hebrews” in Corinth. 164 Fig. 8.2 An inscription near the theater of Dionysos in Corinth declaring that Erastus, a public official, funded the pavement. 165 Fig. 8.3 A spacious banquet hall from the sacred precinct of Demeter in Corinth. 168 Fig. 9.1 The bēma, the platform for public speaking, at the heart of the Corinthian forum. 190 Fig. 9.2 Amphoras arranged for shipping. 210 Fig. 10.1 The emperor Claudius; bronze bust from about 50 c.e. 230 Fig. 10.2 A third-century c.e. funeral inscription for Salo, daughter of Gadias, “father of the synagogue of the Hebrews.” 234 Fig. 10.3 Stadium at Olympia. 245 Fig. 11.1 Coin of Augustus and Julius Caesar. 268 Fig. 13.1 The apostle Paul depicted as a miracle worker. 290 Fig. 13.2 Slaves being led to the slave market; stone relief from Miletus, second or third century c.e. 293 Fig. 13.3 Paul depicted arguing with Judean authorities. 296 ...

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