TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Early Christians adapting to the Roman Empire : mutual recognition T2 - Supplements to Novum Testamentum A1 - Huttunen, Niko, 1971- kirjoittaja LA - eng PP - Leiden PB - Brill YR - 2020 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5449068 AB - Niko Huttunen challenges the interpretation of early Christian texts as anti-imperial documents. He presents examples of the positive relationship between early Christians and the Roman society. With the concept of “recognition” Huttunen describes a situation in which the parties can come to terms with each other without full agreement. Huttunen provides examples of non-Christian philosophers recognizing early Christians. He claims that recognition was a response to Christians who presented themselves as philosophers. Huttunen reads Romans 13 as a part of the ancient tradition of the law of the stronger. His pioneering study on early Christian soldiers uncovers the practical dimension of recognizing the empire. NO - Downloaded from Brill.com 06/25/2020 03:42:19 PM via University of Helsinki. NO - Helda Open Books (rinnakkaisjulkaisut) SN - 978-90-04-42824-9 PDF KW - varhaiskristillisyys KW - kristinusko KW - kristityt KW - antiikki KW - antiikin filosofia KW - filosofit KW - teologia KW - raamatuntulkinta KW - anti-imperialismi KW - Rooman valtakunta ER -