08-28-2017, 02:39 PM
Good morning, everyone! I have just launched an Indiegogo campaign to make a free website to aid in the study of the military and the New Testament. I recently completed my Ph.D. in the New Testament, with a dissertation on the military in the Gospel of Mark. Though the Roman Empire is a hot topic at the moment in biblical studies, experts are strangely silent on the military in particular. I hope to help rectify that by creating a website that will be of widespread interest.
The website will have lots of neat features:
I hope you'll consider contributing! I would be happy to take any suggestions and answer any questions!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/onlin.../2490730#/
The website will have lots of neat features:
- Searchable collection of all known inscriptions and papyri concerning the military and Palestine 63 BC-132 AD, in their original language and English translation. Each will have a bibliography and a brief commentary on its significance. There are roughly 300 such texts.
- All inscriptions concerning Christians in the Roman army before Constantine's reign (306 AD).
- A map and gazetteer of all military sites in early Roman Palestine, noting when they were used.
- Cameo essays by experts on how literary sources (Josephus, rabbinic writings, Philo of Alexandria, Tacitus, Eusebius, etc.) can aid the study of the military in early Roman Palestine.
- Regular updates to include the latest archaeological finds!
I hope you'll consider contributing! I would be happy to take any suggestions and answer any questions!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/onlin.../2490730#/
Chris Zeichmann - New Testament Ph.D.