"Following an invaluable introduction, the authors apply to each of the synoptic Gospels the fruits of several decades of social-science research on the world of the Bible. For each periscope, the reader is provided with a translation, brief textual notes, and appropriate 'reading scenarios.' Which assist in recapturing perspectives from a first-century peasant world-view.... The book provides a lucid introduction to the heir apparent in the tradition of historical criticism — the application of the social sciences to the Bible." — Interpretation
"With this ground-breaking book, [the authors] initiate a new genre of biblical commentary. They present fresh information drawn from the social sciences about the agrarian, pre-industrial, eastern Mediterranean cultural context in which the synoptic gospels originated.... Every reader will learn something new from this book." — Critical Review: Biblical Studies
"The information is clarifying and helps to make this book a valuable companion to the synoptic gospels. Would that every preacher make the effort to use it." — Louvain Studies
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