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Aliens and sojourners : self as other in early Christianity /

Why did early Christians claim their "otherness" as resident aliens, strangers, and sojourners so vocally? Aliens and Sojourners explores the markedly different ways that Christians used the rhetoric of their own marginality in order to variously situate Christian identity in relation to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunning, Benjamin H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2009.
Colección:Divinations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Why did early Christians claim their "otherness" as resident aliens, strangers, and sojourners so vocally? Aliens and Sojourners explores the markedly different ways that Christians used the rhetoric of their own marginality in order to variously situate Christian identity in relation to the ancient Roman world.
Notas:OldControl:muse9780812201819.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (186 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780812201819
0812201817