Laurie Brink

A Light to the Centurions

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In A Light to the Centurions, Robert Beck proposes that the Lucan implied reader is not only a gentile but a Roman intrigued with and interested in the faith. . . . Beck argues that the Lucan call to universalism, ‘a light to the Gentiles,’ is actually a light to the Romans exemplified by the Centurion, offering a pathway to membership that is both welcoming and at the same time a subversion of Greco-Roman values.”

Text, Image, and Christians in the Graeco-Roman World

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“"Text, Image, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World provides a vivid mosaic of Christian ritual and regalia, reimagined and reconstructed through the lenses of eminent scholars, and serves as a fitting festschrift honoring David Balch's myriad interests in the relationships between early Christianity and the dominant cultural matrix of Imperial Rome.”