List of Sidebars

Acts: Important Facts

The “Cenacle”

Foundational Elements of Early Christian Life

The Appointments of Annas and Caiaphas (According to Josephus)

The Sanhedrin

Rabban Gamaliel, the Elder

A Later Theudas (According to Josephus)

Instructions on Flogging

Archaeological Evidence of a First-Century Jewish Synagogue in Jerusalem

Stephen and the Old Testament

The Education of Moses in Egypt (According to Philo)

Rabbinic Regulations for Stoning

Samaritans

The Rise of the Legend of Simon as the Founder of Gnosticism (Justin Martyr)

A Magical Spell

The Social Status of a Eunuch

Damascus

Tarsus

The City of Caesarea: Important Facts

Archaeology in Caesarea

Josephus’s Description of Caesarea

Antioch on the Orontes

The City of Antioch: Important Facts

How Long Was Paul in Tarsus and Then in Antioch?

The Anti-Jewish Upheaval in A.D. 38–41

Ancient Testimony About the Great Famine

John Mark in Later Church History

The Missionary Travels of Peter

Josephus’s Account of the Death of Agrippa I

The Island of Cyprus

A Spell For Divining the Future

Antioch (Near Pisidia)

The Organization of a Synagogue

Iconium

Lystra

Derbe

The Perspective of a Pharisaic Jewish Believer on Circumcision

Gentile Attitudes About Circumcision

The Jerusalem Council and Galatians

Alexandria Troas

Macedonia

Philippi

An Example of a Roman Beating

The Gods and Goddesses Worshiped at Thessalonica

The City Officials

The City of Athens: Important Facts

The “Idols” of Athens

Stoic Beliefs

Epicurean Beliefs

The City of Corinth: Important Facts

Archaeological Remains in Corinth

Alexandria

The City of Ephesus: Important Facts

Archaeology in Ephesus

Jewish Magic in Antiquity

Magic and the Occult in Ephesus

The Problem of Christian Magic and Syncretism

The Cult of the Ephesian Artemis

Archaeological Discovery: An Inscription Attesting the Guild of Silversmiths

Miletus

Jerusalem: Nine Years Before the War

The Boundary Warnings to Gentiles in the Temple

Josephus’s Account of the Egyptian Rebel

“Terrorists”

Paul’s Roman Citizenship

The High Priest Ananias

Felix

Herod’s Palace By the Sea

Porcius Festus

Marcus Julius Agrippa (Herod Agrippa II)

“Santa Claus”: Saint Nicholas of Myra

Crete

The Isis: An Immense Alexandrian Grain Vessel

Puteoli

The City of Rome: Important Facts

Rome

Jews in Rome in the First Century