02337nam 2200541 450 991081187560332120230322233609.00-271-08409-X10.1515/9780271084091(CKB)4100000008948894(OCoLC)1119114139(MdBmJHUP)muse77670(MiAaPQ)EBC6224511(DE-B1597)584380(DE-B1597)9780271084091(OCoLC)1262308096(EXLCZ)99410000000894889420200930d2019 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierChristians in Caesar's household the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity /Michael Flexsenhar IIIUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :The Pennsylvania State University Press,[2019]©20191 online resource (xvi, 191 pages :)illustrations ;Inventing Christianity0-271-08233-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-189) and index.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."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.Inventing Christianity.Enslaved childrenRomeChurch historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600SlaveryRomeEnslaved childrenChurch historySlavery274.453201Flexsenhar MichaelIII,1984-1663572MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811875603321Christians in Caesar's household4020977UNINA