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Christians in Caesar's household : the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity / Michael Flexsenhar III.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Inventing ChristianityPublisher: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 027108409X
  • 9780271084091
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christians in Caesar's Household.DDC classification:
  • 274.45/3201 23
LOC classification:
  • HT913 .F64 2019
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2217286

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.

"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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