Indiegogo for the Roman Army and the New Testament

[ChrisZeichmann]

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:

• 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!
  

Moreover, this will help create materials necessary for my upcoming book, tentatively titled The Roman Army and the New Testament.  This book aims to be both useful for academics and accessible to interested non-specialists - especially ministers, educated laity, and military enthusiasts. The book will cover a range of topics, including the demographics of the military in New Testament times, the role of the military in early Roman Palestine, and discussion of every single instance the military appears in the New Testament.


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#/