The politics of peace : Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four books / by Te-Li Lau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lau, Te-Li.

Series:

Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 133.

Supplements to Novum Testamentum, 0167-9732 ; v. 133

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace--Biblical teaching.

Peace.

Bible. Ephesians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Si shu.

Dio, Chrysostom. Speeches.

Dio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although scholarship has noted the thematic importance of peace in Ephesians, few have examined its political character in a sustained manner throughout the entire letter. This book addresses this lacuna, comparing Ephesians with Colossians, Greek political texts, Dio Chrysostom’s Orations , and the Confucian Four Books in order to ascertain the rhetorical and political nature of its topos of peace. Through comparison with analogous documents both within and without its cultural milieu, this study shows that Ephesians can be read as a politico-religious letter “concerning peace” within the church. Its vision of peace contains common political elements (such as moral education, household management, communal stability, a universal humanity, and war) that are subsumed under the controlling rubric of the unity and cosmic summing up of all things in Christ.

Contents:

Introduction to the task

Comparison of Ephesians with Colossians

The political in Ephesians

The vision of peace in Dio Chrysostom

The vision of peace in the Confucian Four books

Comparing visions of peace.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-95155-6

9786612951558

90-04-18054-0

OCLC:

701704148

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004180536.i-360 DOI