Early Christians adapting to the Roman Empire : mutual recognition / by Niko Huttunen.

Author
Huttunen, Niko, Th. D. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Description
ix, 282 pages ; 25 cm.

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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 "recognition" Huttunen describes a situation in which the parties can come to terms with each other without full agreement. Huttunen provides examples of non-Christian philosophers recognizing early Christians. He claims that recognition was a response to Christians who presented themselves as philosophers. Huttunen reads Romans 13 as a part of the ancient tradition of the law of the stronger. His pioneering study on early Christian soldiers uncovers the practical dimension of recognizing the empire"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1 Introduction : Recognition between anti- and pro-imperial readings
    • 2 Imperial recognition in the intellectual sphere : Christians and philosophers. Almost philosophers : pagan philosophers recognizing Christians
    • Early Christians seeking recognition in Greco-Roman culture
    • 3 Imagination made real : Paul between political realism and eschatological hope. Paul and his readers
    • Paul's realism and imagination
    • 4 Brothers in arms : soldiers in early Christianity. Soldiers in the Gospels contextualized
    • Metaphors, antimilitarism, and Christian soldiers.
    ISBN
    • 9789004426153 (hardcover)
    • 9004426159 (hardcover)
    LCCN
    2020006138
    OCLC
    1135553908
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