Early Christians adapting to the Roman Empire : mutual recognition / by Niko Huttunen.
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TextSeries: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; 179.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)ISBN: - 9789004428249
- 9004428240
- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
- Povijest crkve -- Rana Crkva, ca. 30-600
- Christianity and other religions -- Paganism
- Kršćanstvo i druge religije -- Poganstvo
- Paganism -- Relations -- Christianity
- Poganstvo -- Odnosi -- Kršćanstvo
- Rome -- Religious life and customs
- Rim -- Religijski život i običaji
- 270.1 23
- BR165
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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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