THE world is being reconstructed. Can Christians aid?A religion that cannot meet the creative needs of men and women is a social encumbrance. A faith on the defensive is confessedly senile. Aesthetic appeal, vested wealth, the inertia of organization may serve to hide its decadence, but they cannot renew its youth. True, such a religion may serve as a form of social control, like bread and the circus keeping an uneasy proletariat from revolt. So it was in Home when the rich restored...

•Covers the history of Palestine 175 B.C. 70 A.D. , from the time of Seleucid rule to the emergence of the Christian Church.Shailer Mathews was a Christian theologian and noted author, serving as the dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. Mathews A History of New Testament Times in Palestine, 175 B.C. 70 A.D. is a concise history of Palestine from the 2nd centuries B.C. to the first century A.D. A table of contents is included for easier navigation.

Mathew's A History of New Testament Times in Palestine, 175 B.C. 70 A.D. is a fascinating history of Palestine before and after the Roman conquest.