{"product_id":"crosses-of-pompeii-bruce-w-longenecker-9781451490121","title":"Crosses of Pompeii: Jesus-Devotion in a Vesuvian Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, 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, \u003cb\u003eThe Crosses of Pompeii\u003c\/b\u003e presents an elegant case for their presence. Longenecker's arguments require dramatic changes to our understanding of the early history of Christianity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce W. Longenecker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451490127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451490121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Bruce W. Longenecker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935897059583,"sku":"9781451490121","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_72e0dddc-b9a5-4766-b5b5-af04233aa6b8.jpg?v=1681422454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crosses-of-pompeii-bruce-w-longenecker-9781451490121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}