Roman society and Roman law in the New Testament /
A.N. Sherwin-White.
- Grand Rapids, MI : Baker, 1963.
- 205 p. ; pbk ; 21.5 cm.
- Sarum lectures ; Twin Brooks series .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Lecture 1 : Coercitio, cognitio, and imperium in the first century AD -- Lecture 2 : The trial of Christ in the Synoptic gospels -- Lecture 3 : Paul before Felix and festus -- Lecture 4 : Paul and the cities ; Minor punishments ; Civic indictments and civic governments -- Lecture 5 : Paul and the Proconsul Gallio ; Paul at Rome -- Lecture 6 : The Galilean narrative and the Graeco-Roman world -- Lecture 7 : The Roman citizenship and Acts ; Quirinius: a note -- Lecture 8 : Aspects of Roman citizenship and the question of historicity ; The historicity of the gospels and Graeco-Roman historiography.