Crosses of Pompeii
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Through 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.
Now, 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, The Crosses of Pompeii presents an elegant case for their presence. Longenecker's arguments require dramatic changes to our understanding of the early history of Christianity.
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- Intro
- The Crosses of Pompeii
- The Crosses of Pompeii
- Contents
- Introduction
- Questions and Answers
- In Advance
- Setting Up
- The Starting Point
- The Debate
- The Cross in Early Christianity and Beyond
- The Perpendicular Equilateral
- The Primary Evidence
- Jesus-Devotion in Relief
- Jesus-Devotion in the Insula
- Jesus-Devotion in the Letters
- Jesus-Devotion and the Inn
- Jesus-Devotion in Transactions
- The Supplemental Evidence
- Crossing the Streets
- Jesus-Devotion in the Streets
- And So
- Belief and Skepticism
- Here and Beyond
- Appendix: Positioning Pompeii's Street Crosses
- Credits and Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Index of Vesuvian Locations
