Review of Kelly, Philosophers, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire

BYRN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Philosophers, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire: authority, text, and tradition.

Leslie Kelly, Philosophers, Jews, and Christians in the Roman empire: authority, text, and tradition. Routledge focus on classical studies. London: Routledge, 2025. Pp. 114. ISBN 9781032904214.

Review by
Mark Letteney, University of Washington. letteney@uw.edu

This slim book by Leslie Kelly aims to offer an overview and comparison of three groups as they existed in the first and second centuries of the Common Era, attending to their respective interactions with texts and authorities in their “traditions.” It succeeds in part. ...

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