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| | Amazon.ca: The Three Worlds of Paul of Tarsus: Books: Richard Wallace,Wynne Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The world in which early Christianity developed consisted of a complex of distinct communities and cultural layers, which interacted with one another, sometimes co-operatively, and sometimes in confrontation. |
 | | The Three Worlds of Paul of Tarsus explores this world through the life of the apostle Paul, examining the three fundamental cultural layers: the native cultures; the common Hellenistic culture which had been spread in the east as a result of the conquests of Alexander; and the culture of the political overlord, Rome. |
 | | The major sections - The Geography of Paul's World, Travelling the World, The Native Cultures, Hellenisation in the Near East, Roman Rule in the Near East, The Life of the Polis, and The Individual's Self-Identification - are all good to excellent. |
| www.amazon.ca /Three-Worlds-Paul-Tarsus/dp/0415135915 (701 words) |
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