Among the gentiles
Subtitle: Greco-Roman religion and Christianity
By: Luke Timothy Johnson
Series: Anchor Yale Bible reference library
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 459
ISBN-13: 9780300142082
Copyright date: 2009
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-403) and indexes.
Winner of the 2011 Grawemeyer Award in Religion, given jointly by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the University of Louisville
Table of contents: title: Beyond attack and apology : a new look at an old debate; title: Beginning a new conversation; title: A preliminary profile of Greco-Roman religion; title: Religion as participation in divine benefits : Aelius Aristides; title: Religion as moral transformation : Epictetus; title: Religion as transcending the world : Poimandres; title: Religion as stabilizing the world : Plutarch; title: Ways of being Jewish in the Greco-Roman world; title: The appearance of Christianity in the Greco-Roman world; title: New Testament Christianity as participation in divine benefits; title: New Testament Christianity as moral transformation; title: Christianity in the second and third centuries : participation in divine benefits; title: Moral transformation in second- and third-century Christianity; title: Transcending the world in second- and third-century Christianity; title: Stabilizing the world in second- and third-century Christianity; title: After Constantine : Christianity as imperial religion; title: Epilogue