Chained in Christ : the experience and rhetoric of Paul's imprisonments / / Craig S. Wansink

• Autore: Wansink Craig S.
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1996]; ©1996
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 227/.067
• Soggetto topico: Imprisonment - Rome - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [212]-223) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1; PRISONS IN THE ANCIENT ROMAN WORLD; Chapter 2; PAUL'S CHOICE AND THE RHETORIC OF VOLUNTARY DEATH; Chapter 3; THE PHILIPPIANS' GIFT TO THE IMPRISONED APOSTLE: THE FUNCTION OF PHILIPPIANS 4.10-20; Chapter 4; PAUL AS 'A PRISONER OF CHRIST JESUS': MILITARY IMAGERY AND THE LETTER TO PHILEMON; Chapter 5; ONESIMUS, EPAPHRODITUS AND BURRHUS: MINISTERS TO THE IMPRISONED IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY; EPILOGUE; 'SEVEN TIMES HE WAS IN BONDS': MEMORIES OF THE IMPRISONED APOSTLE; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: For Paul, who imprisoned Christians, his own incarceration ironically became a way in which he understood his mission. Paul's convictions and his rhetoric were often shaped during those times when chains constrained him from travelling. By examining a wide variety of sources-such as ancient novels, dream interpretations and moral tractates-Wansink first describes prison conditions and the daily life of prisoners, in the Graeco-Roman world. Subsequent exegetical chapters focus on two epistles Paul wrote from prison: Philippians and Philemon. This book replaces a 'docetic' view of Paul's incarce
• Titolo autorizzato: Chained in Christ
• ISBN: 1-283-20018-X; 9786613200181; 0-567-51164-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819361103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Journal for the study of the New Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 130.