The Ethnographic Character of Romans
Title | The Ethnographic Character of Romans PDF eBook |
Author | Susann M. Liubinskas |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2019-02-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1532652127 |
In this work Susann Liubinskas provides a coherent reading of Paul’s letter to the Romans in light of ancient ethnography. Paul, like his contemporaries, harnesses the apologetic power of this genre in order to fortify the members of the Roman house churches to maintain their distinctiveness by arguing for the historical legitimacy of the Christ movement’s laws, customs, and way of life. When the law-faith dichotomy is considered within the larger context of Paul’s ethnic discourse, its primary function as the means by which Paul draws lines of continuity and discontinuity between the Christ-movement and its venerable Jewish roots comes to light. Rather than viewing Paul as dealing with two different religions, we see Paul working to position believing Jews and Gentiles in relationship to Israel’s history with God, particularly as its finds its climax in Jesus Christ. Thus, Paul utilizes the law-faith dichotomy, not to describe two paths of salvation, but to redefine the people of God, in the new age, as ethnically inclusive.
The Ethnographic Character of Romans
Title | The Ethnographic Character of Romans PDF eBook |
Author | Susann M. Liubinskas |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2019-02-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1532652143 |
In this work Susann Liubinskas provides a coherent reading of Paul's letter to the Romans in light of ancient ethnography. Paul, like his contemporaries, harnesses the apologetic power of this genre in order to fortify the members of the Roman house churches to maintain their distinctiveness by arguing for the historical legitimacy of the Christ movement's laws, customs, and way of life. When the law-faith dichotomy is considered within the larger context of Paul's ethnic discourse, its primary function as the means by which Paul draws lines of continuity and discontinuity between the Christ-movement and its venerable Jewish roots comes to light. Rather than viewing Paul as dealing with two different religions, we see Paul working to position believing Jews and Gentiles in relationship to Israel's history with God, particularly as its finds its climax in Jesus Christ. Thus, Paul utilizes the law-faith dichotomy, not to describe two paths of salvation, but to redefine the people of God, in the new age, as ethnically inclusive.
Rome, China, and the Barbarians
Title | Rome, China, and the Barbarians PDF eBook |
Author | Randolph B. Ford |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 2020-04-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108473954 |
An exploration of ethnological thought in Greece, Rome, and China and its articulation during 'barbarian' invasion and conquest.
Ancient Legends of Roman History
Title | Ancient Legends of Roman History PDF eBook |
Author | Ettore Pais |
Publisher | |
Pages | 438 |
Release | 1905 |
Genre | Rome |
ISBN |
Literature and Culture in the Roman Empire, 96–235
Title | Literature and Culture in the Roman Empire, 96–235 PDF eBook |
Author | Alice König |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 427 |
Release | 2020-04-30 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1316999947 |
This book explores new ways of analysing interactions between different linguistic, cultural, and religious communities across the Roman Empire from the reign of Nerva to the Severans (96–235 CE). Bringing together leading scholars in classics with experts in the history of Judaism, Christianity and the Near East, it looks beyond the Greco-Roman binary that has dominated many studies of the period, and moves beyond traditional approaches to intertextuality in its study of the circulation of knowledge across languages and cultures. Its sixteen chapters explore shared ideas about aspects of imperial experience - law, patronage, architecture, the army - as well as the movement of ideas about history, exempla, documents and marvels. As the second volume in the Literary Interactions series, it offers a new and expansive vision of cross-cultural interaction in the Roman world, shedding light on connections that have gone previously unnoticed among the subcultures of a vast and evolving Empire.
Collected Papers
Title | Collected Papers PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 19?? |
Genre | Corals, Fossil |
ISBN |
Peoples of the Roman World
Title | Peoples of the Roman World PDF eBook |
Author | Mary T. Boatwright |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 267 |
Release | 2012-02-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521840627 |
In this highly-illustrated book, Mary T. Boatwright examines five of the peoples incorporated into the Roman world from the Republican through the Imperial periods: northerners, Greeks, Egyptians, Jews, and Christians. She explores over time the tension between assimilation and distinctiveness in the Roman world, as well as the changes effected in Rome by its multicultural nature. Underlining the fundamental importance of diversity in Rome's self-identity, the book explores Roman tolerance of difference and community as the Romans expanded and consolidated their power and incorporated other peoples into their empire. The Peoples of the Roman World provides an accessible account of Rome's social, cultural, religious, and political history, exploring the rich literary, documentary, and visual evidence for these peoples and Rome's reactions to them.