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

Author
Huttunen, Niko [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2020.
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Series
  • Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; 179. [More in this series]
  • Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407367. [More in this series]
  • Novum Testamentum, Supplements ; 179
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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.
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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 --.
Other title(s)
Mutual Recognition
ISBN
  • 9789004426153 ((print))
  • 9789004428249 ((electronic book))
Doi
  • 10.1163/9789004428249
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