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Christians in Caesar's household : the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity / / Michael Flexsenhar III



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Autore: Flexsenhar Michael, III, <1984-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Christians in Caesar's household : the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity / / Michael Flexsenhar III Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages :) : illustrations ;
Disciplina: 274.453201
Soggetto topico: Enslaved children - Rome
Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Slavery - Rome
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-189) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: "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.
Titolo autorizzato: Christians in Caesar's household  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-271-08409-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910793728503321
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Serie: Inventing Christianity.