Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition
- Leiden, Boston Brill 2020
- 282p
- Supplements to Novum Testamentum - 179 .
Introduction: Recognition between Anti- and Pro-imperial Readings, Imperial recognition in the intellectual sphere: Christians and Philosophy, Almost Philosophers: Pagan Philosophers Recognizing Christians, Epictetus: Fearless people in sympathy in their words, Christian and philosophers at the end of the second century, Conclusions, Early Christians seeking recognition in Greco-Roman culture, Athens and Jerusalem- Still something in common,, Paul, Philosophy and the Torah, Mutual Recognition becomes Mainstream, Imagination made real: Paul between political realism and eschatological hope, Paul and his readers, Paul`s openness toward Roman society, Avoiding offense:Exegetical attempts, The unease of the Christian traditions, Paul`s realism and imagination, Paul`s political realism and the law of stronger, Coping strategies and ethics of the stronger, The imagination made real, Brothers in arms: soldiers in early Christianity, conclusions