Inscriptions (NT)

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Caesar Augustus wears cuirass celebrating negotiated peace with Parthia (click on image for more).

1. Introduction to Epigraphy (Wikipedia)
2. “Studying the New Testament through Inscriptions,” video episode (4 min. 58 secs.) of the blog, “The Daily Dose of Greek” by Rob Plummer, Professor of Greek at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
3. Important inscriptions pertaining to the New Testament
   1. Acts of Augustus (Res Gestae Divi Augustus)– Latin, Greek, & English in parallel columns
   2. Erastus inscription at Corinth – Photo and description | Discussion
   3. Gallio inscription at Delphi – Description | Significance | Photos
   4. Pontius Pilate inscription at Caesarea Maritima
   5. Secular Games of 17 BCE – Latin text | English text
   6. Synagogue inscription at Corinth
   7. Temple balustrade warning in Jerusalem

   Want to dive deeper?

   Online resources

   1. Ancient Graffiti Project
   2. Ancient Inscriptions from Israel/Palestine (500 BCE to 640 CE) – Intro and Orientation Video)
   3. Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents
   4. Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4
   5. Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
   6. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum
   7. Die Inschriften von Phlippi
   8. Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy Project
   9. Epigraphic Database Heidelberg
   10. Epigraphic Database Rome
   11. Epigraphik-Dartenbank Clauss-Staby
   12. Epigraphische Datenbank zum antiken Kleinasien
   13. InscriptiFact
   14. Inscriptiones Graecae
   15. Inscriptiones Graecae
   16. Inscriptiones Graecae ad res romanas pertinentes
   17. Inscriptiones latinae selectae – Vol. 1 | Vol. 2
   18. Inscriptions of Aphrodisias
   19. Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae
   20. Searchable Greek Inscriptions (Packard Humanties Institute Epigraphy Project)
   21. Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum
   22. Text-book of North-Semitic Inscriptions
   23. U.S. Epigraphy Project

   For Purchase

   • D. Clint Burnett. Studying the New Testament through Inscriptions. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Academic, 2020.
   • B. H. McLean. An Introduction to Greek Epigraphy of the Hellenistic and Roman Periods from Alexander the Great does to the Reign of Constantine (323 B.C. – A.D. 337). Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2002.

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