Picturing Paul in Empire: Imperial Image, Text and Persuasion in Colossians, Ephesians and the Pastoral Epistles
Pauline Christianity sprang to life in a world of imperial imagery. In the streets and at the thoroughfares, in the market places and on its public buildings and monuments, and especially on its coins the Roman Empire's imperial iconographers displayed imagery that aimed to persuade the Empire&...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Maier, Harry O., 1959-, Picturing Paul in Empire] (2016) (Rollens, Sarah E., 1984 -)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | Pauline Christianity sprang to life in a world of imperial imagery. In the streets and at the thoroughfares, in the market places and on its public buildings and monuments, and especially on its coins the Roman Empire's imperial iconographers displayed imagery that aimed to persuade the Empire's diverse and mostly illiterate inhabitants that Rome had a divinely appointed right to rule the world and to be honoured and celebrated for its dominion. Harry O. Maier places the later, often contested, letters and theology associated with Paul in the social and political context of the Roman Empire's |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0567059952 |