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Jones, Simon

By Simon Jones

Expand your understanding of the Bible by learning about the real life of the first Christians in the Roman Empire
The Roman world formed the social and cultural backdrop to theemergence of the Christian movement, which has inturn deeply influenced the world we live in today.

So what was life like for ordinary people ofthat time? Where did they live? What did they eat? What kinds of work did they do and what did theydo in their time off? And what about social relationships? How did people understand their place inthe world, and in relation to others and--very importantly--the gods?

And, significantly, howwas it that a marginalized, oppressed, Jewish renewal group from rural Galilee became one of the fastest-growing urban movements through the first century and became the dominant social, intellectual,and cultural influence throughout the Empire within 300 years?