{"product_id":"foreign-but-familiar-gods-lynn-allan-kauppi-9780567080974","title":"Foreign But Familiar Gods: Greco-Romans Read Religion in Acts","description":"Through a close and informative reading of seven key texts in Acts, Kauppi analyses the appearances of Graeco-Roman religion, offering evidence of practices including divination and oracles, ruler cult and civic foundation myth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eForeign But Familiar Gods\u003c\/i\u003e then uses a combination of these scriptural texts and other contemporary evidence (including archaeological and literary material) to suggest that one of Luke's subsidiary themes is to contrast Graeco-Roman and Christian religious conceptualizations and practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Allan Kauppi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567080978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567080974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 26","brand":"Lynn Allan Kauppi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065022886143,"sku":"9780567080974","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1cde646-0bdf-4f05-8342-e95282fb0a59.jpg?v=1768672623","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foreign-but-familiar-gods-lynn-allan-kauppi-9780567080974","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}