Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1. Theory
1. A Meeting of Two Disciplines
2. Theoretical Underpinnings
3. Basic Philosophical Matters
4. Stumbling Blocks in Histories
Part 2. Historiography: The History of Writing History
5. Emergence of a Discipline: Methods from Antiquity to the Modern Era
6. History Blossoms: The Modern Era to the Mid-Twentieth Century
7. New Lenses for History: The Late Twentieth Century to the Present
Part 3. Application
8. Counting Sheep: Clothing and Textiles in Luke's Gospel
9. A Scarlet Woman? John 4
10. Drinking the Spirit: Ancient Medicine and Paul's Corinth
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index of Ancient and Medieval Texts and Persons
Index of Modern Persons
Index of Subjects