Paul and the imperial authorities at Thessalonica and Rome
Subtitle: a study in the conflict of ideology
By: James R. Harrison
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 273; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 273.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tübingen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9783161498800
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Rome in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-372) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Paul and the imperial gospel at Thessalonica; title: 'The ultimate sinner' : Paul and the anti-Christ in political context; title: Imperial conceptions of rule and Paul's reign of grace; title: Paul's 'dishonoured benefactor' in Augustan and Neronian context; title: Paul and the Roman ideal of glory in the Epistle to the Romans; title: Did Paul found a new concept of state?; title: Conclusion.