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

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.

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Description	1 online resource.
Series	Novum Testamentum, Supplements ; 179
	Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; 179.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Contents	Preface -- 1 Introduction: Recognition between Anti- and Pro-Imperial Readings -- 2 Imperial Recognition in the Intellectual Sphere: Christians and Philosophers -- 1 Almost Philosophers: Pagan Philosophers Recognizing Christians -- 2 Early Christians Seeking Recognition in Greco-Roman Culture -- 3 Imagination Made Real: Paul between Political Realism and Eschatological Hope -- 1 Paul and His Readers -- 2 Paul's Realism and Imagination -- 4 Brothers in Arms: Soldiers in Early Christianity -- 1 Soldiers in the Gospels Contextualized -- 2 Metaphors, Antimilitarism, and Christian Soldiers -- 5 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- .
Local Note	Brill eBooks, open access
Subject	Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
	Christianity and other religions -- Paganism.
	Paganism -- Relations -- Christianity.
	Rome -- Religious life and customs.
	Paganism. (OCoLC)fst01050321
	Interfaith relations. (OCoLC)fst01353343
	Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00859599
	Church history -- Primitive and early church. (OCoLC)fst01710945
	Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
Chronological Term	30-600
Other Form:	Print version: Huttunen, Niko, Th. D.. Early Christians adapting to the Roman Empire Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. 9789004426153 (DLC) 2020006138
ISBN	9789004428249 (ebook)
	9789004426153 (hardback)
	9004426159 (print)
	9004428240
Standard No.	10.1163/9789004428249 doi

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