Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire : Mutual Recognition /

Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire : Mutual Recognition /

In Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition Niko Huttunen challenges the interpretation of early Christian texts as anti-imperial documents. He presents examples of the positive relationship between early Christians and the Roman society. With the concept of "recognitio...

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Main Author: Huttunen, Niko (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements ; 179.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407367.

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Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history > Primitive and early church.

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Call Number: BR165

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction: Recognition between Anti- and Pro-Imperial Readings
  • 2 Imperial Recognition in the Intellectual Sphere: Christians and Philosophers
  • 1 Almost Philosophers: Pagan Philosophers Recognizing Christians
  • 2 Early Christians Seeking Recognition in Greco-Roman Culture
  • 3 Imagination Made Real: Paul between Political Realism and Eschatological Hope
  • 1 Paul and His Readers
  • 2 Paul's Realism and Imagination
  • 4 Brothers in Arms: Soldiers in Early Christianity
  • 1 Soldiers in the Gospels Contextualized
  • 2 Metaphors, Antimilitarism, and Christian Soldiers
  • 5 Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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