Christians in Caesar's household the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity
Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar's household (Phil 4:22) -- Paul, Peter, and Nero's slaves: martyrdoms and apostolic acts -- Rome's imperial household in Christian polemic and apologetic -- Christian piety and a martyred slave of Caesar -- Material evidence for a Christian imperial f...
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University Park, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania State University Press
2019
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| Schriftenreihe: | Inventing Christianity
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar's household (Phil 4:22) -- Paul, Peter, and Nero's slaves: martyrdoms and apostolic acts -- Rome's imperial household in Christian polemic and apologetic -- Christian piety and a martyred slave of Caesar -- Material evidence for a Christian imperial freedman -- Christians and imperial personnel in Rome's catacombs -- Conclusion: the memory of imperial slavery in early Christianity "Examines the role of the Roman emperors' slaves in the rise of Christianity, and how imperial slaves were essential to early Christians' self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean"--Provided by publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | xvi, 191 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780271082332 978-0-271-08233-2 9780271082349 978-0-271-08234-9 |