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10 produkter
Transient Apostle
Paul, Travel, and the Rhetoric of Empire
Inbunden, 2013
858 kr
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In a significant reevaluation of Paul’s place in the early Christian story, Timothy Luckritz Marquis explores the theme of travel in the apostle’s correspondence. He casts Paul’s rhetorical strategies against the background of Augustus’s age, when Rome’s wealth depended on conquests abroad, the …
"When You Were Gentiles"
Specters of Ethnicity in Roman Corinth and Paul's Corinthian Correspondence
Inbunden, 2014
1005 kr
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Cavan W. Concannon makes a significant contribution to Pauline studies by imagining the responses of the Corinthians to Paul’s letters. Based on surviving written materials and archaeological research, this book offers a textured portrait of the ancient Corinthians with whom Paul conversed, argued, …
Spiritual Economy
Gift Exchange in the Letters of Paul of Tarsus
Av Thomas R. Blanton IV, Larry L Welborn
Inbunden, 2017
1206 kr
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Thomas Blanton sheds light on the philosophy surrounding gift giving in Paul’s letters and on modern theories of gift exchange through the lens of religion.The exchange of gifts is a fundamental part of society and a foundational element in Greco-Roman religions. Combining theories of gift …
How the Gospels Became History
Jesus and Mediterranean Myths
Inbunden, 2019
718 kr
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A compelling comparison of the gospels and Greco-Roman mythology which shows that the gospels were not perceived as myths, but as historical recordsDid the early Christians believe their myths? Like most ancient—and modern—people, early Christians made efforts to present their myths in the most …
Having the Spirit of Christ
Spirit Possession and Exorcism in the Early Christ Groups
Inbunden, 2020
1215 kr
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A provocative reinterpretation of accounts of spirit possession and exorcism in early ChristianityThe earliest Christian writings are filled with stories of possession and exorcism, which were crucial for the activity of the historical Jesus and for the practice of the earliest groups of his …
Christians Who Became Jews
Acts of the Apostles and Ethnicity in the Roman City
Inbunden, 2020
699 kr
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A fresh look at Acts of the Apostles and its depiction of Jewish identity within the larger Roman eraWhen considering Jewish identity in Acts of the Apostles, scholars have often emphasized Jewish and Christian religious difference, an emphasis that masks the intersections of civic, ethnic, and …
Three Powers in Heaven
The Emergence of Theology and the Parting of the Ways
Inbunden, 2023
782 kr
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A fresh look at how Christianity and Judaism became two distinct religions through the parting of their intellectual traditions How, when, and why did Christianity and Judaism diverge into separate religions? Emanuel Fiano reinterprets the parting of the ways between Jews and Christians as a split …
Mysteries of Artemis of Ephesos
Cult, Polis, and Change in the Graeco-Roman World
Inbunden, 2013
855 kr
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Artemis of Ephesos was one of the most widely worshiped deities of the Graeco-Roman World. Her temple, the Artemision, was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and for more than half a millennium people flocked to Ephesos to learn the great secret of the mysteries and sacrifices that were …
Raised on Christian Milk
Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity
Inbunden, 2017
855 kr
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A fascinating new study of the symbolic power of food and its role in forming kinship bonds and religious identity in early ChristianityScholar of religion John Penniman considers the symbolic importance of food in the early Roman world in an engaging and original new study that demonstrates how …
Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire
Ideology, the Bible, and the Early Christians
Inbunden, 2017
468 kr
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A New Testament scholar challenges the belief that American family values are based on “Judeo-Christian” norms by drawing unexpected comparisons between ancient Christian theories and modern discoursesChallenging the long-held assumption that American values—be they Christian or secular—are based …
