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

By:

Huttunen, Niko, Th. D

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; 179.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)ISBN:

9789004428249
9004428240

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Early Christians adapting to the Roman EmpireDDC classification:

270.1 23

LOC classification:

BR165

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Contents:

Introduction: Recognition between Anti- and Pro-Imperial Readings -- Imperial Recognition in the Intellectual Sphere: Christians and Philosophers -- Almost Philosophers: Pagan Philosophers Recognizing Christians -- Early Christians Seeking Recognition in Greco-Roman Culture -- Imagination Made Real: Paul between Political Realism and Eschatological Hope -- Paul and His Readers -- Paul's Realism and Imagination -- Brothers in Arms: Soldiers in Early Christianity -- Soldiers in the Gospels Contextualized -- Metaphors, Antimilitarism, and Christian Soldiers -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index .

Summary: "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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Recognition between Anti- and Pro-Imperial Readings --
Imperial Recognition in the Intellectual Sphere: Christians and Philosophers -- Almost Philosophers: Pagan Philosophers Recognizing Christians -- Early Christians Seeking Recognition in Greco-Roman Culture -- Imagination Made Real: Paul between Political Realism and Eschatological Hope --
Paul and His Readers -- Paul's Realism and Imagination -- Brothers in Arms: Soldiers in Early Christianity -- Soldiers in the Gospels Contextualized -- Metaphors, Antimilitarism, and Christian Soldiers -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index .

"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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