The politics of peace [[electronic resource] ] : Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four books / / by Te-Li Lau

• Autore: Lau Te-Li
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (374 pages)
• Disciplina: 261.8/73
• Soggetto topico: Peace - Biblical teaching
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction to the task -- Comparison of Ephesians with Colossians -- The political in Ephesians -- The vision of peace in Dio Chrysostom -- The vision of peace in the Confucian Four books -- Comparing visions of peace.
• Sommario/riassunto: Although scholarship has noted the thematic importance of peace in Ephesians, few have examined its political character in a sustained manner throughout the entire letter. This book addresses this lacuna, comparing Ephesians with Colossians, Greek political texts, Dio Chrysostom’s Orations , and the Confucian Four Books in order to ascertain the rhetorical and political nature of its topos of peace. Through comparison with analogous documents both within and without its cultural milieu, this study shows that Ephesians can be read as a politico-religious letter “concerning peace” within the church. Its vision of peace contains common political elements (such as moral education, household management, communal stability, a universal humanity, and war) that are subsumed under the controlling rubric of the unity and cosmic summing up of all things in Christ.
• Titolo autorizzato: The politics of peace
• ISBN: 1-282-95155-6; 9786612951558; 90-04-18054-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459162603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; ; v. 133.