New user, lurked here for a while. The discussions on this board are really informative and interesting especially to someone like me who went to a Christian girls' school for the last years of primary school and high school a few years ago and developed an interest in the origins of Christianity from years of Christian Studies classes.
I've got a weird question and I'm not sure if this subforum (or even forum) is even the right place to put it or if my OP is really that clear. Apologies if I've posted in the wrong place or I'm unclear. Right now I'm working on a historical novel in "diary format" in a loose sense of "diary"-- it's more like "epistolary'' which is a retelling of the Pantera legend identifying him with Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera and trying to imagine what might have happened and who he was exactly without it accidentally becoming an . It's done through the format of a notebook in which he copies down the letters he sends and receives from home and keeps detailed notes on the events of his life, something like diary entries but at the same time not. I'll admit that some of my ideas come from lurking on this board.
I've already found some resources on the legend including the book by Deissman and this:
https://archive.org/details/lifeofjesuscriti01stra
as well as
http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_ ... 548237/113
and a number of others (again suggested by lurking). I think I've got the legend's background covered.
Does anyone know of good resources-- books, papers etc on daily life just before the birth of Jesus, especially in Sidon where Abdes Pantera was born? I'm particularly looking for information on temple slavery related to Ashtart/Astarte that isn't the same stuff repeated over and over again, and I know that's hard to find.
Hope this question is in the right place and that it isn't too weird or stupid.
Statistics: Posted by Sigurdrifa — Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:54 am