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Autore |
Flexsenhar Michael, III, <1984-> |
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Titolo |
Christians in Caesar's household : the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity / / Michael Flexsenhar III |
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University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2019] |
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©2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages :) : illustrations ; |
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Soggetti |
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Enslaved children - Rome |
Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
Slavery - Rome |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-189) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar's household (Phil 4:22) -- Paul, Peter, and Nero's slaves: martyrdoms and apostolic acts -- Rome's imperial household in Christian polemic and apologetic -- Christian piety and a martyred slave of Caesar -- Material evidence for a Christian imperial freedman -- Christians and imperial personnel in Rome's catacombs -- Conclusion: the memory of imperial slavery in early Christianity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Examines the role of the Roman emperors' slaves in the rise of Christianity, and how imperial slaves were essential to early Christians' self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean"--Provided by publisher. |
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