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: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston
Brill
2020, 2020
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| Series: | Novum Testamentum, Supplements
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9004428240 9789004426153 |