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Vicarious kingship : a theme in Syriac political theology in late antiquity /

In Late Antiquity, the biblical text served as the fundamental source of reference for Syriac intellectuals in their thinking about political power. Manolis Papoutsakis takes this point seriously and explains in detail the different exegetical steps by which certain attitudes to imperial power were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Papoutsakis, Emmanuel (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2017]
Series:Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum ; 100.
Subjects:
Bible. > Syriac > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Christian poetry, Syriac > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Political theology.
God > Kingship.
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Summary:In Late Antiquity, the biblical text served as the fundamental source of reference for Syriac intellectuals in their thinking about political power. Manolis Papoutsakis takes this point seriously and explains in detail the different exegetical steps by which certain attitudes to imperial power were reached.
Physical Description:x, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783161539299
316153929X
ISSN:1436-3003 ;