"Salve Lucrum," an inscription embedded in the threshold of Casa di Sirico, a large mansion in Pompeii, raises an interesting question. "Salve" is a term used by the Romans as a greeting; thus the phrase can be translated as "Hail Profit!" This greeting can be contrasted to the view, suggested by some contemporaneous literature, that the Roman elite distanced themselves from commercial activity...

How to cite this article: Roberts, R.D., 2012, ‘Deviance or acceptable difference: Observance of the Law in Romans 14–15 and Dialogue with Trypho 47’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 68(1), Art. #1015, 10 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts. v68i1.1015 Utilising the symbolic interactionist study of deviance, this article compares the treatment of Law-observant Christ-followers in ...

The purpose of this essay is to trace the lines evolution Russian romance, which found fertile ground for its development from mid-18th century. genre was firmly embedded in a tradition that had originated century and half earlier, but roots lay oral production ancient Rus’. Despite strong historical-anthropological imprint, diachronic as hybrid dual nature—poetic musical—addressed both elite m...

We contend that Paul consciously alludes to Deut. 9-10; 29-30 and to Jer. 31:30-34 in Rom. 2:1-16. These allusions shape and inform Paul’s discourse and, therefore, provide a new approach to old exegetical questions, such as, the rhetorical nature of vv. 6-11 and whether vv. 13-16 refer to ‘Gentile Christians’. On the basis of our intertextual approach we assert that: (1) Romans 2 is essentiall...