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Paul and empire : religion and power in Roman imperial society / edited by Richard A. Horsley.

Contributor(s): Horsley, Richard A
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : Trinity Press International, [1997]Copyright date: ©1997Description: xi, 257 pages : map ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1563382172 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 | Religion and politics -- Rome -- History | Paul, the Apostle, Saint | Emperor worship -- RomeDDC classification: 225.9/5 LOC classification: BR170 | .P38 1997Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Laus imperii / P.A. Brunt -- Who is the true prophet? / Dieter Georgi -- Rituals and power / S.R.F. Price -- The power of images / Paul Zanker -- Patronal power relations / Peter Garnsey and Richard Saller --Patronage in Roman Corinth / John K. Chow -- The veil of power / Richard Gordon -- God turned upside down / Dieter Georgi -- Imperial ideology and Paul's eschatology in 1 Thessalonians / Helmut Koester -- The anti-imperial message of the cross ; Romans 13:1-7 in the context of imperial propaganda / Neil Elliott -- The imperial cults of Thessalonica and political conflict in 1 Thessalonians / Karl P. Donfried -- The praxis of coequal discipleship / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- 1 Corinthians : a case study of Paul's assembly as an alternative society / Richard A. Horsley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Laus imperii / P.A. Brunt -- Who is the true prophet? / Dieter Georgi -- Rituals and power / S.R.F. Price -- The power of images / Paul Zanker -- Patronal power relations / Peter Garnsey and Richard Saller --Patronage in Roman Corinth / John K. Chow -- The veil of power / Richard Gordon -- God turned upside down / Dieter Georgi -- Imperial ideology and Paul's eschatology in 1 Thessalonians / Helmut Koester -- The anti-imperial message of the cross ; Romans 13:1-7 in the context of imperial propaganda / Neil Elliott -- The imperial cults of Thessalonica and political conflict in 1 Thessalonians / Karl P. Donfried -- The praxis of coequal discipleship / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- 1 Corinthians : a case study of Paul's assembly as an alternative society / Richard A. Horsley.

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