Roman Society And Roman Law In The New Testament PDF Download

Excerpt from Roman Law and History in the New Testament When reading the New Testament one cannot avoid being struck with the prominence of Roman customs throughout. This is, of course, to be expected, as Judaea was at that time under the direct government of Rome, being ruled by governors sent by the Emperor himself. Two events of this character arrest the attention of the least observant reader-the trial of our Lord before Pilate, and St. Paul's appeals to his privileges as a Roman citizen. Other similar incidents speedily claim notice-Augustus's census . of the Empire, the tribute due to Caesar, the conduct of the provincial governors at Philippi and in other cities. And finally, numerous smaller details present themselves, all together combining to show how completely Roman law and custom dominated the very life of the people, in spite of their incongruity with the national character. In the following pages an endeavour has been made to present these facts of Law and History in as concise a form as intelligible language will allow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.