TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flexsenhar,Michael
TI  - Christians in Caesar's household: the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity 
T2  - Inventing Christianity
SN  - 027108409X
AV  - HT913 .F64 2019
U1  - 274.45/3201 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - University Park, Pennsylvania
PB  - The Pennsylvania State University Press
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Rome
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Enslaved Christians
KW  - Église
KW  - Histoire
KW  - ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Church
KW  - History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Primitive and early church
KW  - Rome (Empire)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-189) and index; 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
N2  - "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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