Christians in Caesar's Household : : The Emperors' Slaves in the Makings of Christianity / / Michael Flexsenhar III.
In this volume, Michael Flexsenhar III advances the argument that imperial slaves and freedpersons in the Roman Empire were essential to early Christians' self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean and played a multifaceted role in the making of early Christianity.Scholarship in...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Inventing Christianity ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 17 illustrations/2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar's Household (Phil 4:22)
- 2 Paul, Peter, and Nero's Slaves: Martyrdoms and Apostolic Acts
- 3 Rome's Imperial Household in Christian Polemic and Apologetic
- 4 Christian Piety and a Martyred Slave of Caesar
- 5 Material Evidence for a Christian Imperial Freedman
- 6 Christians and Imperial Personnel in Rome's Catacombs
- Conclusion: The Memory of Imperial Slavery in Early Christianity
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index