Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire : : Mutual Recognition /

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Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire : : Mutual Recognition / / Niko Huttunen.

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 “recognition” Hu...

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Superior document:Novum Testamentum, Supplements Series ; Volume 179
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Huttunen, Niko, Th. D.,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Novus series '70 ; Volume 179.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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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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