| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Inventing Christianity
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Inventing Christianity.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-189) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Slavery -- Rome.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Enslaved Christians -- Rome.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History. |
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Enslaved Christians. |
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Church history -- Primitive and early church. |
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Slavery. |
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Rome (Empire) |
| Chronological Term |
30-600 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Flexsenhar, Michael, III, 1984- Christians in Caesar's Household. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019] (DLC) 2018055873 |
| ISBN |
027108409X |
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9780271084091 (electronic book) |
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9780271082332 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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027108233X |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9780271084091 |
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