Geography/Travel
Exercise
Mediterranean Geography (STUDENT VERSION) (Word DOCX)
Mediterranean Geography (STUDENT VERSION) (PDF)
Readings
Rapske (1994) “Acts, Travel, and Shipwreck,” in Book of Acts in its Graceo-Roman Context.
Casson (1994) “On the Sea,” and “On the Road,” in Travel in the Ancient World.
Brodersen (2001) “Presentation of Geographical Knowledge,” in Travel and Geography.
Rauh, Dillon, McClain, (2008) “Ochlos Nautikos.”
City of Athens
Exercise
City of Athens (STUDENT VERSION) (Word DOCX)
City of Athens (STUDENT VERSION) (PDF)
Readings
McGregor, J. (2014) Athens.
Higgins, M. and R. Higgins (1996) “Attica,” in A Geological Companion to Greece and the Aegean
McDonald (1941) “Archaeology and St. Paul’s Journeys in Greek Lands.”
Columbia University; Interactive View of Parthenon Frieze
Ancient Athens 3D Reconstructions
Ancient Religion
A. Graeco-Roman ‘Religion’
Exercise
Religion [STUDENT VERSION] (Word DOCX)
Religion [STUDENT VERSION] (PDF)
Readings
Cole, S.G. (2007) “Greek Religion,” in A Handbook of Ancient Religions
North, J.A. (2007) “Religions in the Roman Empire,” in A Handbook of Ancient Religions
Johnson, L.T. (2009) “A Preliminary Profile of Greco-Roman Religion,” in Among the Gentiles Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity
Graf (2007) “What is Ancient Mediterranean Religion,” in Ancient Religions
Nongbri (2015) “The Concept of Religion and the Study of the Apostle Paul”
B. Graeco-Roman Statues and the Jews
Exercise
Understanding Idolatry [STUDENT VERSION] (DOCX)
Understanding Idolatry [STUDENT VERSION] (PDF)
Readings
Eliav, Y. Z. (2008) “Roman Statues, Rabbis, and Graeco-Roman Culture.”
Eliav Y. Z. (2002) “Viewing the Sculptural Environment: Shaping the Second Commandment.”
Avery-Peck, A. “Idolatry in Judaism,” in Encyclopedia of Judaism. Brill Online Reference Works.
Estienne, S. (2015) “Images,” in A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World.
Curtis, E. “Idol,” in Anchor Bible Dictionary.
Hezser, C. “Palestinian Rabbis’ Encounter with Graeco-Roman Paganism: Rabban Gamliel in the Bathouse of Aphrodite in Acco (M. A.Z. 3:4).”
C. Greek Religion
Exercise
Greek Religion [STUDENT VERSION] (Word DOCX)
Greek Religion [STUDENT VERSION] (PDF)
Readings
Bremmer, J. N. (1994) Greek Religion
Burkert, Walter (1985) Greek Religion
Freeman, Charles (1999) The Greek Achievement
Price, Simon (1999) Religions of the Ancient Greeks