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Among the Gentiles

Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity
  • Luke Timothy Johnson
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2009
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An acclaimed scholar presents a bold new interpretation of the relationship between Greco-Roman religion and Christianity.

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Luke Timothy Johnson is the R. W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University.

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    Frontmatter

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    CONTENTS

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    PREFACE

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    1. BEYOND ATTACK AND APOLOGY: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD DEBATE

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    2. BEGINNING A NEW CONVERSATION

    15
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    3. A PRELIMINARY PROFILE OF GRECO-ROMAN RELIGION

    32
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    4. RELIGION AS PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS: AELIUS ARISTIDES

    50
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    5. RELIGION AS MORAL TRANSFORMATION: EPICTETUS

    64
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    6. RELIGION AS TRANSCENDING THE WORLD: POIMANDRES

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    7. RELIGION AS STABILIZING THE WORLD: PLUTARCH

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    8. WAYS OF BEING JEWISH IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

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    9. THE APPEARANCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

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    10. NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY AS PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS

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    11. NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY AS MORAL TRANSFORMATION

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    12. CHRISTIANITY IN THE SECOND AND THIRD CENTURIES: PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS

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    13. MORAL TRANSFORMATION IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY

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    14. TRANSCENDING THE WORLD IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY

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    15. STABILIZING THE WORLD IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY

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    16. AFTER CONSTANTINE: CHRISTIANITY AS IMPERIAL RELIGION

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    EPILOGUE

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    NOTES

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    SCRIPTURE INDEX

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    INDEX OF ANCIENT AUTHORS

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    INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS

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    SUBJECT INDEX

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9780300156492
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https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300156492
eBook ISBN: 9780300156492
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