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"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 "reco...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Huttunen, Niko, Th. D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; 179.
Subjects:
30-600
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and other religions > Paganism.
Paganism > Relations > Christianity.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Christianisme > Relations > Paganisme.
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics
Paganism.
Interfaith relations.
Christianity.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Rome > Religious life and customs.
Rome (Empire)
Online Access:Texto completo
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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