Reconstructing honor in Roman Philippi : Carmen Christi as cursus pudorum /

This book examines Paul's letter to the Philippians against the social background of the colony at Philippi. After an extensive survey of Roman social values, Professor Hellerman argues that the cursus honorum, the formalized sequence of public offices that marked out the prescribed social pilg...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hellerman, Joseph H., 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 132.
Subjects:
Paulus (Apostel). > Philipperbrief.
Paulus (Apostel). > Philipperbrief 2,6-11.
Bible. > Philippians > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Philippians
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Paul's Letters.
Sozialgeschichtliche Exegese
Cursus honorum
Zeithintergrund
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Roman social organization
  • Preoccupation with honor and the cursus honorum
  • The Roman colony at Philippi
  • Honor and status in Philippi
  • Acts and Philippians
  • Carmen Christi as cursus pudorum.

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