Kaisertum und Kaiserkult: ein Vergleich zwischen Philos "Legatio ad Gaium" und der Offenbarung des Johannes
In face of the religious and cultic claims of the Roman emperors, Philo (Legatio ad Gaium) and Revelation develop contrasting perspectives in positioning their respective religious communities within the cultural majority of their day. The Alexandrian Jew Philo opts for critical integration and soci...
| Published in: | New Testament studies |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2010
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New Testament studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Philo, Alexandrinus 25 BC-40, Legatio ad Gaium
/ Revelation
/ Roman Empire
/ Ruler worship
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HC New Testament HD Early Judaism HH Archaeology TD Late Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Philo Alexandrinus (25 BC-40)
B Anatolia B Ruler worship B Revelation B Alexandria B Roman time |
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| Summary: | In face of the religious and cultic claims of the Roman emperors, Philo (Legatio ad Gaium) and Revelation develop contrasting perspectives in positioning their respective religious communities within the cultural majority of their day. The Alexandrian Jew Philo opts for critical integration and social cohabitation—a solution that is conventionally ascribed to early Christianity. John pleads strongly for the self-isolation of the Christian minority groups in the Province of Asia—a solution conventionally ascribed to Jewish self-definition in the Tannaitic period. The article illustrates this remarkable exchange of religious and social self-conceptualisations in both authors. Social rather than religious boundaries determine the framework in which the Roman Empire and its ruler are conceptualised, literary reactions are developed, and strategic alternatives are formed. |
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| ISSN: | 0028-6885 |
| Contains: | In: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688509990208 DOI: 10.15496/publikation-42286 HDL: 10900/100906 |