Author

Publication

2020 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

70,500 words, Guess

Page Count

282 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004426153
  • ISBN-109004426159
  • Library of Congress Control Number2020006138
  • OCLC Control Number1135553908
  • Better World Books9789004426153
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Classifications

  • LCCBR165.H85 2020
  • LCCBR165 .H85 2020

Description

"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."--

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  • Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual RecognitionBRILL2020-01-01

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