Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity

Luke Timothy Johnson

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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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Religion, Bible and Theology General Topics and Biblical Reception

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	ix
1. BEYOND ATTACK AND APOLOGY: A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD DEBATE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. BEGINNING A NEW CONVERSATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
3. A PRELIMINARY PROFILE OF GRECO-ROMAN RELIGION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
4. RELIGION AS PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS: AELIUS ARISTIDES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	50
5. RELIGION AS MORAL TRANSFORMATION: EPICTETUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	64
6. RELIGION AS TRANSCENDING THE WORLD: POIMANDRES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
7. RELIGION AS STABILIZING THE WORLD: PLUTARCH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
8. WAYS OF BEING JEWISH IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	111
9. THE APPEARANCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	130
10. NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY AS PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	142
11. NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANITY AS MORAL TRANSFORMATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	158
12. CHRISTIANITY IN THE SECOND AND THIRD CENTURIES: PARTICIPATION IN DIVINE BENEFITS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	172
13. MORAL TRANSFORMATION IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	194
14. TRANSCENDING THE WORLD IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	214
15. STABILIZING THE WORLD IN SECOND- AND THIRD-CENTURY CHRISTIANITY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	234
16. AFTER CONSTANTINE: CHRISTIANITY AS IMPERIAL RELIGION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
EPILOGUE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
SCRIPTURE INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	405
INDEX OF ANCIENT AUTHORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	418
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	444
SUBJECT INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	453

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9780300156492

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416

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300156492

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Among the Gentiles

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