The Wisdom of Solomon, Ruler Cults, and Paul's Polemic against Idols in the Areopagus Speech

Despite recent attempts to read Luke-Acts as subverting Roman imperial ideology and power, the Areopagus speech in Acts 17:16-34 remains politically elusive. If Luke's attitude toward Rome was negative, one would expect to find anti-imperial motifs in Paul's Missionsreden, especially in At...

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Main Author: Strait, Drew J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press [2017]
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 136, Issue: 3, Pages: 609-632
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Acts of the Apostles / Polemics / Greece (Antiquity) / Gods / Roman Empire / Ruler worship / Cultic object
IxTheo Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
HC New Testament
Further subjects:B BIBLE. Song of Solomon
B Worship
B Gods
B Bible. Acts
B Paul, The Apostle, Saint
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