Reading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete

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Reading the Letter to Titus in Light of Crete is written by Michael Robertson and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004685715 (ISBN 10) and 9789004685710 (ISBN 13).

This volume argues that Titus’s invocation of Crete affected the ways early readers developed their identities. Using archaeological data, classical writings, and early Christian documents, he describes multiple traditions that circulated on Crete and throughout the Roman Empire concerning Cretan Zeus, Cretan social structure, and Cretan Judaism. He then uses these traditions to interpret Titus and explain how the letter would intersect with and affect readers’ identities. Because readers had differing conceptions of Crete based on their location and access to and evaluation of Cretan traditions, readers would have developed their identities in multiple, conflictual, even contradictory ways.