03112nam 22005171 450 991040406700332120231002225019.090-04-42824-010.1163/9789004428249(CKB)4100000010136716(OCoLC)1145444929(nllekb)BRILL9789004428249(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/36589(MiAaPQ)EBC31216866(Au-PeEL)EBL31216866(EXLCZ)99410000001013671620200207d2020 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierEarly Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire Mutual Recognition /Niko Huttunen1st ed.Brill2020Leiden;Boston :BRILL,2020.1 online resourceNovum Testamentum, Supplements ;17990-04-42615-9 Preface -- 1 Introduction: Recognition between Anti- and Pro-Imperial Readings -- 2 Imperial Recognition in the Intellectual Sphere: Christians and Philosophers -- 1 Almost Philosophers: Pagan Philosophers Recognizing Christians -- 2 Early Christians Seeking Recognition in Greco-Roman Culture -- 3 Imagination Made Real: Paul between Political Realism and Eschatological Hope -- 1 Paul and His Readers -- 2 Paul’s Realism and Imagination -- 4 Brothers in Arms: Soldiers in Early Christianity -- 1 Soldiers in the Gospels Contextualized -- 2 Metaphors, Antimilitarism, and Christian Soldiers -- 5 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index --.In Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition Niko Huttunen challenges the interpretation of early Christian texts as anti-imperial documents. He presents examples of the positive relationship between early Christians and the Roman society. With the concept of “recognition” Huttunen describes a situation in which the parties can come to terms with each other without full agreement. Huttunen provides examples of non-Christian philosophers recognizing early Christians. He claims that recognition was a response to Christians who presented themselves as philosophers. Huttunen reads Romans 13 as a part of the ancient tradition of the law of the stronger. His pioneering study on early Christian soldiers uncovers the practical dimension of recognizing the empire.Novum Testamentum, Supplements ;179.Church historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600Church historyPrimitive and early churchRomeReligious life and customsBiblical studies & exegesisChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.Church historyPrimitive and early church.270.1Huttunen Niko926393NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910404067003321Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire2080089UNINA