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Capricorn was the symbol associated Augustus.2013-09-05T22:51:43+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/07/17/why-the-cross-is-not-enough/2020-12-09T21:22:53+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/05/04/reflections-on-hell-location-of-the-dead-and-other-easy-questions/2013-07-16T20:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/07/04/lgbt-constantine-theodosius-usa/2013-08-02T02:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/07/02/do-no-forgive-them-oh-lord-for-they-do-know-what-they-do/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/altar-leyden-02dsc_2633.jpgAltar leyden 02DSC_2633Four horned altar in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden. Copyright, Richard E. 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Entitled, “Do No Forgive Them, Oh Lord, For They Do Know, What They Do!”2014-08-28T11:20:52+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/06/17/breastfed-by-the-whore-of-rome/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/capitoline-she-wolf-suckling-romulus-and-remus.jpgLupa Capitolina - MC 1181https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/roman-aureus-minted-under-vespasian-ad-77-78-used-by-permission-of-cngcoins-com.jpgRoman Aureus minted under Vespasian AD 77-78, used by permission of cngcoins.comhttps://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/roman-denarius-137-bc-used-by-permission-of-cngcoins-com.jpgRoman denarius, 137 BC, used by permission of cngcoins.comhttps://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/famous-statute-of-she-wolf-with-romulus-and-remus.jpgFamous Statute of She-wolf with Romulus and Remus2014-08-25T16:04:35+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/06/14/steven-spielbergs-prophecy-about-hollywood-and-interpreting-johns-prophecies/2022-07-28T11:50:15+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/06/04/gates-of-hell-and-another-look-at-matt-1618-rev-91-11/2013-06-06T22:02:17+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/05/28/bono-the-bellwether-of-cultural-theology/2013-06-06T04:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/04/29/the-enchantment-of-assimilation/2013-05-02T05:03:33+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/04/23/why-cant-johnny-count-a-needed-guide-for-preachers-and-commentators-on-gematria-666616-isopsephism-and-counting/2013-04-29T14:58:58+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/04/14/part-3-color-photos-for-seven-congregations-in-a-roman-crucible/2013-05-27T12:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/color-photos-for-seven-congregations-in-a-roman-crucible-part-3/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure81-burial-finds-with-golden-crowns1.jpgfigure81 burial finds with golden crownsPictures of burial finds with golden victory wreaths. Image on right is located in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey. Picture on left is model of a woman wearing a golden burial crown, located in the Archaeological Museum, Izmir, Turkey. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 128, figure 81.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure70-nike-sandal-acropolis-schmuela-karen-green.jpgfigure70 Nike Sandal Acropolis Schmuela Karen GreenNike (“Nike loosening her Sandal” ) is involved in bringing sacrifices to the goddess Athena Nike to celebrate the military victory of Athens over Sparta in the Peloponnesian War in the late 5th century BC. Statue from the Temple of Athena Nike (now in “New” Acropolis Museum). © copyright holder of this work is Karen Green and is used with her kind permission. Page 113, figure 70.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure67-nike-libation.jpgfigure67 nike libationNike offering libation, a liquid offering; located in Pergamum Museum, Berlin, Germany. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 112, figure 66.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure66-nike-berlin.jpgfigure66 Nike BerlinNike ornament, located in the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 112, figure 67.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure63-athena-with-nike-nashville-dsc_2355.jpgfigure63 Athena with Nike nashville DSC_2355There is a replica in Nashville, Tennessee of the original Parthenon Temple located on the Acropolis in Athens. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 111, figure 63.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure98-caryatids-maidens-columns.jpgfigure98 caryatids maidens columnsCaryatids showing human forms as pillars in a temple. These are in the Erechtheion, on the Acropolis in Athens. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 181, figure 98.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure59-nike-ephesus.jpgfigure59 Nike EphesusGoddess Nike [Victoria] monument at Ephesus. Monument depicting the goddess Nike, found at Ephesus, one of the seven cities of Revelation. ©copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 110, figure 59.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure60-pergamum-asclepius-ear.jpgfigure60 pergamum asclepius ear Praying youth expressing reverential posture, located in the Pergamum Museum, Berlin, Germany. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure61-pergamum-asclepius-votive-ear.jpgfigure61 Pergamum asclepius votive earExpectations of a typical worshipper of Asclepius is that the god will answer prayers. The iconography of this artifact agrees with the sentiment of the Greek since it is dedicated to Savior Asclepius. Rather than asking Savior Asclepius for the healing an ear, the devotee is reminding Asclepius that he is a god who hears. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 110, figure 60.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/figure77-monument-from-ephesus-depicting-victory-crowns.jpgfigure77 monument from Ephesus depicting victory crownsMonument from Ephesus depicting the several crowns awarded to an individual. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster.Page 127, figure 77.2013-04-14T19:56:39+00:00weekly0.6https://richardoster.com/2013/04/10/postcolonial-video-about-rome/2013-04-13T17:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/04/05/dont-smoke-drink-dance-and-chew-or-date-girls-who-do/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/el-jem-tunisa-mosaics.pngEl Jem Tunisa MosaicsMosaic of unarmed man attacked by animal, from El Djem, Tunisa. Perhaps this victim was a criminal or a Christian.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/www-flickr-comphotoscarolemage8196070427.jpgwww.flickr.com:photos:carolemage:8196070427Detail of Gladiator mosaic, Römerhalle, Bad Kreuznach, Germany. copyright photo, attribution @www.flickr.com:photos:carolemage:8196070427 copyright holder carole madge.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/el-jem-tunisa-mosaics.jpgEl Jem Tunisa Mosaicshttps://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gladiator-animal-fight-pergamum-museum-dsc00140.jpgGladiator animal fight Pergamum museum DSC00140https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gladiator-fighting-17.jpggladiator fighting 17Relief showing mortal combat between gladiators. This relief is located in the Pergamum Museum, Berlin, Germany. @ copyright holder of this image is Richard E. Oster, Jr.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gladiator-antalya-museum-dsc00179.jpgGladiator Antalya museum DSC00179Relief of Roman gladiator, located in the Antalya Museum in Turkey. @ copyright holder of this image is Richard E. Oster, Jr.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gladiator.jpgGladiator2013-04-14T02:32:15+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/04/03/part-2-color-photos-for-seven-congregations-in-a-roman-crucible/2013-04-04T01:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/color-photos-for-seven-congregations-in-a-roman-crucible-part-2/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure57-professions-berlin-museum-berlin-germany.jpgfigure57 professions Berlin Museum Berlin, GermanyInformation about ancient professions come principally from inscriptions, funerary stones, and vases. These two examples are found in the museums on Museum Island, Berlin, Germany. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure56-stadium-aphrodisias-earthquake-2007-dsc00073-copy.jpgfigure56 stadium Aphrodisias earthquake 2007 DSC00073 copyStadium from Aphrodisias, where stone seating reveals damage of earthquake; its seating capacity was approximately 30,000 spectators. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure55-theater-ephesus.jpgfigure55 theater EphesusTheater at Ephesus dated from the Hellenistic period but was expanded during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius. This theater had a seating capacity of approximately 25,000. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure53-inscription-for-harbor-dredging-ephesus.jpgfigure53 inscription for harbor dredging EphesusThis is a mid-second century AD inscription that records the decision of the proconsul Lucius Antonius Albus to punish those who contributed to the harbor being unnavigable. Inscription located at the Ephesus Museum, Selçuk, Turkey. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure51-library-estab-shot-ephesus.jpgfigure51 library estab. shot EphesusIconic building from the early 2nd century AD, the library of Celsus, constructed in AD 110. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure50-serapis-hermitage.jpgfigure50 Serapis HermitageThis statue represents a standard view of the Hellenistic-Egyptian deity Serapis, with a modius on his head. The modius represented a basket/measure of grain and thus bounty. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 91, figure 50.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure49-qumran-overview.jpgfigure49 Qumran overviewPanorama photo of the wadi, the cliff, and cave 4 at Qumran. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 87, figure 49.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure46-death-hermes-sarcophagus-hermitage.jpgfigure46 death Hermes sarcophagus HermitageSarcophagus [stone coffin] panel with Hermes standing at the door to meet the souls of the dead and to escort them into the underworld of Hades. 3rd century AD. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 84, figure 46.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure45-hades-rev-1-18-hierapolis-museum-dsc_61151.jpgfigure45 Hades Rev. 1.18 Hierapolis museum DSC_6115Statue of Greek god Hades, located in the archaeological museum on the site of Hierapolis, Turkey. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 83, figure 45.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure44-radiate-crown-augustus-cologne.jpgfigure44 radiate crown augustus cologneRoman’s first emperor, Augustus, portrayed with radiate crown. This gem is located in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne, Germany. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 80, figure 44.2013-04-04T01:21:19+00:00weekly0.6https://richardoster.com/2013/04/02/king-james-i-the-kjv-and-johns-7-congregations/2013-04-04T19:08:47+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/03/30/gates-to-hell-fiery-sermons-and-the-book-of-revelation/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure45-hades-rev-1-18-hierapolis-museum-dsc_6115.jpgfigure45 Hades Rev. 1.18 Hierapolis museum DSC_6115Statue of Greek deity Hades, housed in the Archaeological Museum in Hierapolis.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/italian-excavations-of-plutonium-at-hierapolis.jpgItalian excavations of Plutonium at HierapolisItalian Excavations of Plutonium at Hierapolishttps://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/digital-reconstruction-of-plutonium-at-hierapolis.jpgDigital reconstruction of Plutonium at HierapolisDigital reconstruction of Plutonium at Hierapolis2013-06-03T17:28:24+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/color-photos-for-seven-congregations-in-a-roman-crucible/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure34-hierapolis-overview.jpgfigure34 hierapolis overviewScenes from Hierapolis. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 56, figure 34.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure33-map-of-first-centuries-congregation-in-asia-minor.jpgfigure33 map of first centuries congregation in Asia MinorMap of Christian congregations in first century Asia Minor. Page 54, figure 33.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure32-map.jpgfigure32 mapMap of Priene, Metropolis, Maeonia, Dorylaion, Eumeneia, Apameia. These are the cities in which the well-known Priene Calendar inscription have been discovered. Page 46, figure 32.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure29-globe-hadrian-world-in-hand.jpgfigure29 globe Hadrian world in handThis statue of the second century AD Roman emperor Hadrian visually conveys the Roman sense of world control. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 41, figure 29.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure28-globe-trajan-fountain-ephesus.jpgfigure28 globe trajan fountain ephesusThis close up shows a Greek inscription under the statue of Trajan which stated among other things that he was regarded as “son of god.” © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 40, figure 28.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure27-trajan-fountaiin-globe.jpgfigure27 trajan fountaiin globeThis Ephesian monument is known as the Fountain of Trajan (Nymphaeum Traiani) and was dedicated to this emperor no later than AD 114. The center niche originally contained a colossal statue of the emperor Trajan. The fragmentary remains include the foot of the Emperor Trajan next to a globe representing a subservient earth. Page 39, figure 27.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure26-globe-actium-land-and-sea-gem.jpgfigure26 globe actium land and sea gemThis Roman Gem, known as the “Actium Victory Cameo,” shows Augustus in a chariot being drawn by four Tritons. The iconography of this image with its ocean and globe depicts Augustus as “Master of land and sea” in its celebration of the Victory of Actium. Gem located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. Page 39, figure 26https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/figure20-wall-of-res-gestae-temple.jpgfigure20 Wall of Res Gestae templeIn addition to this important temple in the modern city of Ankara, capital of the modern Republic of Turkey, archaeologist have found remains of another temple with a copy of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti in the New Testament city of Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13); see Wilson, Biblical Turkey, 109-18. Page 36, figure 20.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/greek-text-on-res-gestae-temple-ankyra.jpgGreek text on res gestae temple ankyraThis is a portion of the text of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti (Acts of the Divine Augustus) located on the walls of the Temple of Augustus in the ancient Galatian city of Ankyra. This very large inscription is bilingual. For those entering the Temple of Augustus the original Latin text was written on the walls. On the outer walls (more accessible today) the text was written in the lingua franca of Greek. Seen here in this Greek translation, this work of Augustus is entitled the πράξεις of the divine Augustus, using the same Greek term used for the “Acts” of the Apostles. Located in Ankara, Turkey. © copyright holder of this work is Richard E. Oster. Page 35, figure 19.https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/periplus-map.jpgPeriplus MapMap based upon the text of itinerary of mid-first century AD Greek document, Periplus. Page 35, figure 18. 2013-03-29T13:59:58+00:00weekly0.6https://richardoster.com/2013/03/28/color-photos-from-seven-congregations-in-a-roman-crucible-part-1/2013-03-29T03:52:49+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/03/21/a-remix-of-tobymac-and-lukes-and-johns-churchy-jesus/2014-01-24T22:54:07+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/03/17/tobymac-and-lukes-and-johns-churchy-jesus/2013-03-21T01:52:29+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/03/14/its-ready-to-order/2022-11-28T15:03:04+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/03/08/archaeology-brings-us-closer-to-johns-context/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/archaeology-brings-us-closer-to-john_s-context.jpgArchaeology Brings Us Closer to John’s ContextBasilica in Roman Smyrna Photo copyright of Ian W. Scott http://www.flickr.com/photos/ian-w-scott/4661374429/in/photostream/2013-03-08T15:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://richardoster.com/2013/03/01/the-end-is-near/https://richardoster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/oster-in-hst-library-at-commentary-proof-reading.jpgOster in HST libraryThese books were gathered by my GA Kevin Burr to facilitate the task of proofreading the footnotes in the commentary on the letters to the seven congregations. These represent most of the bibliographic materials, excluding journals, which were used in the commentary. Having footnotes not only satisfies the ethical and legal issues of citing the copyrighted materials of other authors and scholars, but also provides a type of map for interested readers who want to follow research and ideas. Nobody likes to use misleading maps, whether printed or electronic, that take you nowhere or to the wrong destination. 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