Christians in Caesar's household : the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity /
"Examines the role of the Roman emperors' slaves in the rise of Christianity, and how imperial slaves were essential to early Christians' self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean"--Provided by publisher
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | Inventing Christianity.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar's household (Phil 4:22)
- Paul, Peter, and Nero's slaves: martyrdoms and apostolic acts
- Rome's imperial household in Christian polemic and apologetic
- Christian piety and a martyred slave of Caesar
- Material evidence for a Christian imperial freedman
- Christians and imperial personnel in Rome's catacombs
- Conclusion: the memory of imperial slavery in early Christianity.