Michael Flexsenhar III is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College.

“Flexsenhar reassesses the evidence of Philippians; he de-romanticises comparative materials from the catacombs. The result is a short, readable, and persuasive masterpiece of deconstruction.”—Cally Hammond Church Times

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1 Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar’s Household (Phil 4:22)2 Paul, Peter, and Nero’s Slaves: Martyrdoms and Apostolic Acts3 Rome’s Imperial Household in Christian Polemic and Apologetic 4 Christian Piety and a Martyred Slave of Caesar5 Material Evidence for a Christian Imperial Freedman6 Christians and Imperial Personnel in Rome’s CatacombsConclusion: The Memory of Imperial Slavery in Early ChristianityAppendixesNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael Flexsenhar III is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College.

“Flexsenhar reassesses the evidence of Philippians; he de-romanticises comparative materials from the catacombs. The result is a short, readable, and persuasive masterpiece of deconstruction.”—Cally Hammond Church Times

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1 Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar’s Household (Phil 4:22)2 Paul, Peter, and Nero’s Slaves: Martyrdoms and Apostolic Acts3 Rome’s Imperial Household in Christian Polemic and Apologetic 4 Christian Piety and a Martyred Slave of Caesar5 Material Evidence for a Christian Imperial Freedman6 Christians and Imperial Personnel in Rome’s CatacombsConclusion: The Memory of Imperial Slavery in Early ChristianityAppendixesNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael Flexsenhar III is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College.

“Flexsenhar reassesses the evidence of Philippians; he de-romanticises comparative materials from the catacombs. The result is a short, readable, and persuasive masterpiece of deconstruction.”—Cally Hammond Church Times

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1 Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar’s Household (Phil 4:22)2 Paul, Peter, and Nero’s Slaves: Martyrdoms and Apostolic Acts3 Rome’s Imperial Household in Christian Polemic and Apologetic 4 Christian Piety and a Martyred Slave of Caesar5 Material Evidence for a Christian Imperial Freedman6 Christians and Imperial Personnel in Rome’s CatacombsConclusion: The Memory of Imperial Slavery in Early ChristianityAppendixesNotesBibliographyIndex