Real Time Travel with Ancient Papyri

Of course Helen and Dave have a fully functioning, very real Time Machine. But if you can't wait your turn (the line is ridiculously long), check out "documentary papyri." These scraps of ancient writing — letters, legal documents, shopping lists — offer a firsthand glimpse into everyday life in the 1st century CE. Even better, scholars like our guest Christina Kreinecker (theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/researchers/00129…) use clues from these ancient everyday texts to illuminate thorny passages of the New Testament.

Check out Christina's book (co-edited with John S. Kloppenborg and James R. Harrison) Everyday Life in Graeco-Roman Times: Documentary Papyri and the New Testament (brill.com/edcollbook/title/69571).

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