How Long to Read Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement

How Long Does it Take to Read Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 6 minutes to read Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement by David L. Balch

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this book, the author draws on two original sources, on a Greek biographer, historian, and rhetorician, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, as well as on Pompeian domestic art and architecture. Generally, NT scholars read texts, but Greeks and ancient Romans loved beauty. The walls and floors of their houses were decorated with thousands of colorful frescoes and mosaics, art that two millennia later is still on display in Pompeii. Christians lived and worshipped in those typical houses; relating the art to NT texts generates many intriguing new questions! What stories/myths did Greeks and Romans see every day? What were their sports, and how violent were they? Many NT scholars know as much or more Latin than they do Greek, and they therefore cite the Latin historian Livy rather than the Greek Dionysius, who wrote a century before the first Christian historian, Luke. Dionysius' rhetoric expressed values shared across cultures, by Greeks, Romans, and Jews (e.g., by the historian--and rhetorician--Josephus), some values that Luke also shares. Dionysius makes clear that cities and ethnic groups had to praise how they treated emigrant foreigners, questions handled differently by Josephus and by Luke. This enables new interpretations of Jesus' inaugural speech in Luke 4 and of Peter's second Pentecost speech in Acts 10.

How long is Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement?

Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement by David L. Balch is 357 pages long, and a total of 91,749 words.

This makes it 120% the length of the average book. It also has 112% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 21 minutes to read Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement aloud.

What Reading Level is Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement?

Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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