. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. ings. Somesix months later the Epistle to the Romans was written, so that within thatshort time Aquila and Priscilla must have not only gone to Rome, but alsohave got together again at once the church meeting in their house mentionedin Bom. xvi. 5.—To describe the personal names in Kom. xvi. as specificallySoman on the strength of inscriptions found in the city of Some is about assafe as to describe Wilhelm, Friedriah, LuUe as specifically Berlin namesbecause they are found on B
. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. ings. Somesix months later the Epistle to the Romans was written, so that within thatshort time Aquila and Priscilla must have not only gone to Rome, but alsohave got together again at once the church meeting in their house mentionedin Bom. xvi. 5.—To describe the personal names in Kom. xvi. as specificallySoman on the strength of inscriptions found in the city of Some is about assafe as to describe Wilhelm, Friedriah, LuUe as specifically Berlin namesbecause they are found on Berlin tombstones. The names referred to arefound swarming in inscriptions, papyri, and ostraca all over the Mediterraneanworld.—Least appropriate of all to a letter to Rome is the passageBom. xvi. 17-20. * The perils of rivers, perils of robbers (2 Cor. xi. 26) have remained thesame to the present day, as we were able to convince ourselves in April 1906,riding through the swamps of the Maeander, and next day in the house of aGreek who had been shot by robbers immediately before our arrival. = 2 Cor. xi. Fig. 43.—Angelinscription from the Islandof Thera. Gravestone, Trnperial Period. Now inthe Thera Museum. From a photograph by Ketrer. [p. 279 ILLUSTRATED FROM THE NEW TEXTS 279 nothing more is kno^^m, the principal one being avoyage of St. Paul to Crete.^ This last referencepoints at least to the early estabUshment of Christi-anity in the islands. Even if it is not yet certainwhether the angel inscriptions from Thera areChristian, the islands would deserve our attentionfor at least one reason, viz, that the inscriptionsfound there furnish a quantity of valuable informationbearing on the history of the New Testamentvocabulary.* Especially noteworthy are the inscrip-tions of Delos,* Thera,® and Cos.^ Immeasurable, next, is the abundance of light,ever increasing from year to year, that has been shed Titus i. 5. 2 Cf. Harnaok, JDie MisHon vmd Ambreitimg des Chrig
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