Reconstructing Honor in Roman Philippi - Carmen Christi As Cursus Pudorum

Informationen zum Autor Joseph H. Hellerman is Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Talbot School of Theology and a team pastor at Oceanside Christian Fellowship in El Segundo! California. He has authored When the Church Was a Family (2009) and Embracing Shared Ministry (2013) along with several academic monographs and a commentary on the Greek text of Philippians. Klappentext A survey of social values! especially stratification and honour-seeking! in the Roman colony at Philippi. Zusammenfassung This book surveys the social values of the Roman world with a special focus on stratification and honour-seeking. The Roman colony at Philippi is used to demonstrate how entrenched those values were in Philippian society. The books of Acts and Philippians are also examined in view of these social values. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Roman social organization; 2. Preoccupation with Honor and the Cursus Honorum; 3. The Roman colony at Philippi; 4. Honor and status in Philippi; 5. Acts and Philippians; 6. Carmen Christi as Cursus Pudorum; 7. Summary and conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph H. Hellerman, Joseph H. (Biola University Hellerman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2005
• EAN: 9780521849098
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84909-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Society for New Testament Stud; Society for New Testament Stud
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity