Early Christians adapting to the Roman Empire : mutual recognition
"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 "reco...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston
: Brill
; 2020.
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| Series: | Supplements to Novum Testament
; 179 |
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| See on Biblioteca del Seminario Diocesano de Vitoria-Gasteiz: | https://biblioteca.teologiavitoria.edu.es/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=129140 |
| 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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| Physical Description: | IX, 282 p. ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye bibliografía (p. [237] - 266) e índices. |
| ISBN: | 9789004426153 |
