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1 online resource (x, 289 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
The Bible in ancient Christianity,
1542-1295 ;
VOLUME 9
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Bible in ancient Christianity ; v. 9.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-282) and index. |
| Contents |
Section 1: the canonical beginnings. Fragmentation and inversion of empire in the Christian Apocryphal Acts / Nicole Kelley -- "Sic est voluntas Dei" : Latin patristic views on 1 Peter 2:13-17 / Jonathan P. Yates -- Power and tradition in Apostolic Constitutions 7 / Clayton N. Jefford -- Section 2: 2nd and 3rd century developments. -- Tertullian and military service: the scriptural arguments in De corona / Geoffrey D. Dunn -- Irenaeus and the kingdoms of the world / D. Jeffrey Bingham -- Weak God of the Gospels : mercy, mysticism, and martyrdom in Origen's Contra celsum / Roberto J. de la Noval -- Section 3: Scripture in the service of Urban Unity. -- Diodore on the politics of kingship in Psalm 2 / Benjamin D. Wayman -- Justus sibi lex est : the Donatist interpretation of the law in Romans 2:14 / Alden Lee Bass -- Should a Christian sell everything? : Early interpretations of the rich young man / Stephen M. Hildebrand -- Section 4: Augustine's legacy. -- Abraham, Samson, and 'certain holy women" : suicide and exemplarity in Augustine's De ciuitate de 1.26 / Melanie Web -- From slave to friend : John 15, Philemon, and Slavery in Augustine / Joseph E. Capizzi -- From Ordo to Potestas : Romans 13 and Saint Augustine's chastened civil confidence / David Vincent Meconi. |
| Summary |
Twelve leading scholars have collaborated on this unique volume, bringing their biblical and patristic expertise together to show how the first followers of Jesus used their own canonical scriptures to address concerns central to life in the Roman Empire. This book offers an overview of how early Christians approached and appropriated biblical texts in addressing wider societal issues of imperial power, slavery, the use of wealth, suicide and other fundamental issues brought about by the convergence of empire and ecclesia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. New Testament. |
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Bible. New Testament. |
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Church and the world.
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Church and the world. |
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Christianity and culture.
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Christianity and culture. |
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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30-600 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Meconi, David Vincent, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sacred scripture and secular struggles 9789004302648 (DLC) 2015028493 (OCoLC)914296259 |
| ISBN |
9789004304567 electronic book |
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9004304568 electronic book |
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9789004302648 |
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9004302646 |
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