Divine honours for the Caesars : the first Christians' responses /

In this book Bruce Winter explores the varied responses of the first Christians to requirements to render divine honors to the Caesars as the conventional public expression of loyalty to Rome and its rulers. How did they cope with the culture of emperor worship when they were required to give their...

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Main Author: Winter, Bruce W.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015.
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505 0 |a The all-pervasive and inescapable imperial cultic phenomena -- Festivities, holidays, new honours and Golden Ages -- Honours to, for and by the caesars and reciprocal benefits -- Imperial endorsement of divine titles and 'declining' new temples -- Adopt, adapt, abstain : Jewish responses to divine honours -- The admission of new gods to Athens : Rome's and Paul's -- Promoting cultic honours in Achaea and exemption for Christians -- New imperial honours : some Corinthians Christians compromise -- Avoiding divine honours : some Galatian Christians' strategy -- Confrontation for Thessalonian Christians and the most divine Caesar -- Impending exile for Christians in Hebrews -- Conformity and commerce or capital punishment : new honours for caesar. 
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