Christians in Caesar's household : the emperors' slaves in the makings of Christianity / Michael Flexsenhar III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flexsenhar, Michael, III, 1984- author.

Series:

Inventing Christianity.

Inventing Christianity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved children--Rome.

Enslaved children.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Slavery--Rome.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages :) illustrations ;

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Examines the role of the Roman emperors' slaves in the rise of Christianity, and how imperial slaves were essential to early Christians' self-conception as a distinct people in the Mediterranean"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Paul, the Philippians, and Caesar's household (Phil 4:22)

Paul, Peter, and Nero's slaves: martyrdoms and apostolic acts

Rome's imperial household in Christian polemic and apologetic

Christian piety and a martyred slave of Caesar

Material evidence for a Christian imperial freedman

Christians and imperial personnel in Rome's catacombs

Conclusion: the memory of imperial slavery in early Christianity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-189) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-271-08409-X

OCLC:

1119114139