Everyday Life in Graeco-Roman Times : Documentary Papyri and the New Testament

Everyday life in Graeco-Roman times has fascinated generations of scholars, students, and people interested in the New Testament alike. One of the most unique sources to access ancient everyday affairs are documentary papyri because they provide access to the ancient world both before and while it was shaped into one in which Christianity began to predominate. These textual sources allow the modern reader to meet everyday people from the past through their own writings and in texts about their daily affairs, joys, and sorrows. Documentary papyri provide an abundance of information to contextualize the New Testament and its authors, and to better understand its stories and messages. This volume aims at highlighting some of these contexts and to shed new papyrological light on the New Testament. The essays in this volume have been written in honour of Peter Arzt-Grabner, who has illuminated the New Testament through documentary papyri for more than three decades. Front Cover Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Documentary Papyri as a Source for Contextualising the New Testament Topics and Contributions in this Volume A Guide for the Reader List of Contributors Appreciation of Peter Arzt-Grabner Publications of Peter Arzt-Grabner I Biblical Papyri 1 P88 – Beobachtungen zum Textcharakter eines frühen Zeugen II Documentary Papyri, the Gospels, and Acts 2 The Infancy Narratives of Matthew and Luke in Light of Greco-Roman Birth Notices, Registrations and other Related Material 3 Mark 3 and the “family” of Jesus 4 Von Pontius zu Pilatus. Papyrologische Anmerkungen zur Überstellung Jesu in Lk 23,1–12 5 Prophecy, Divination, and Oneirology in the Greek Magical Papyri: Situating Joel’s Prophecy (Acts 2:16–21) in Its Graeco-Roman Revelatory Context III Documentary Papyri and Pauline Epistles 6 Zwei von gleicher Seelengröße. Phil 2,19–24 im Kontext antiker Empfehlungsbriefe 7 Hope for the Hopeless (1 Thess 4:13): Imagining Death in the Papyri 8 Value-Adding a Slave, or, How Much Is an Onesimos Worth? IV Documentary Papyri, Associations, and Christ Groups 9 P.Mich. 8.511: Recruitment to a klinē of Sarapis 10 Household Cults as Proximate Analogues for Pauline Christ Groups V Papyrus Edition 11 Georgios Addresses His “God-Protected” Master: A New Late Antique Letter about Selling Agricultural Products Indices Papyri, Ostraca, and Tablets Inscriptions and Coins Biblical Books, Deuterocanonical Works, and Apocrypha Early Christian Literature Ancient and Non-Christian Literature Back Cover