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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785309303321

Autore

Lau Te-Li

Titolo

The politics of peace [[electronic resource] ] : Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four books / / by Te-Li Lau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-282-95155-6

9786612951558

90-04-18054-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 pages)

Collana

Supplements to Novum Testamentum, , 0167-9732 ; ; v. 133

Disciplina

261.8/73

Soggetti

Peace - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to the task -- Comparison of Ephesians with Colossians -- The political in Ephesians -- The vision of peace in Dio Chrysostom -- The vision of peace in the Confucian Four books -- Comparing visions of peace.

Sommario/riassunto

Although scholarship has noted the thematic importance of peace in Ephesians, few have examined its political character in a sustained manner throughout the entire letter. This book addresses this lacuna, comparing Ephesians with Colossians, Greek political texts, Dio Chrysostom’s Orations , and the Confucian Four Books in order to ascertain the rhetorical and political nature of its topos of peace. Through comparison with analogous documents both within and without its cultural milieu, this study shows that Ephesians can be read as a politico-religious letter “concerning peace” within the church. Its vision of peace contains common political elements (such as moral education, household management, communal stability, a universal humanity, and war) that are subsumed under the controlling rubric of the unity and cosmic summing up of all things in Christ.