Christians in Caesar's Household : The Emperors' Slaves in the Makings of Christianity /

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"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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flexsenhar, Michael, III, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slavery.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Christian slaves.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Christian slaves > Rome.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Slavery > Rome.
Rome (Empire)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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