Reading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete: Dynamics of Early Christian Identity Construction

by Michael Robertson

This volume argues that Titus's invocation of Crete affected the ways early readers developed their identities. Using archaeological data, classical writings, and early Christian documents, he describes multiple traditions that circulated on Crete and throughout the Roman Empire concerning Cretan Zeus, Cretan social structure, and Cretan Judaism. He then uses these traditions to interpret Titus and explain how the letter would intersect with and affect...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004685707
• ISBN13: 9789004685703
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 200 Pages