A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance
We all recognize the necessity of interpreting Scripture contextually. We often give attention to the literary and canonical context of a given passage, but we don’t as commonly investigate the historical context. And valuable and rewarding as it is, archaeological studies just don’t receive a great deal of attention from most of us.
David deSilva takes the work out of all this for us in his delightful new book, Archaeology and the Ministry of Paul: A Visual Guide. It’s at once an indispensable resource for pastors and teachers, as well as a perfect book for the living room coffee table. Beautifully produced and illustrated with more than 250 full-color photographs of sites and artifacts, deSilva provides illuminating glimpses of the places of Paul’s ministry as recorded for us in the New Testament.
Beautiful, informative, and enjoyable reading.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Beginnings
- Tarsus
- Damascus and Arabia
- Antioch-on-the-Orontes
- Paphos
Part 2: Church Plants
- Perge and Pisidian Antioch
- Roman Philippi
- Thessalonica
- Beroea
- Athens
- Roman Corinth
- Roman Ephesus
- Colossae, Laodicea, and Hierapolis
Part 3: Endings
- Mlietus
- Rhodes
- Jerusalem
- Caesarea Maritima
- Malta
- Puteoli
- Rome