Divine Honours for the Caesars: The First Christians' Responses

Preface -- 1. The All--Pervasive and InescapableImperial Cultic Phenomena -- I. The Enigma for Ancient HistoriansConcerning the First Christians -- II. New Insights into Imperial Cultic Veneration -- III. The Approach and Outline of Divine Honours for the Caesars -- Part I. Divine Honours for the Ca...

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Main Author: Winter, Bruce W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Grand Rapids Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co 2015
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Reviews:[Rezension von: Winter, Bruce W., 1939-, Divine honours for the Caesars] (2018) (Haddad, Najeeb T.)
Divine Honours for the Caesars: The First Christians' Responses, Bruce W. Winter, Eerdmans, 2015 (ISBN 978-0-8028-7257-9), 348 pp., pb 34 (2016) (Madsen, Frank)
Divine Honours for the Caesars. The First Christian’s Responses (2017) (Krauter, Stefan, 1973 -)
Further subjects:B Christians - Political activity - Rome
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Winter, Bruce W: Divine Honours for the Caesars : The First Christians' Responses. - Grand Rapids : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.,c2015. - 9780802872579
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Summary:Preface -- 1. The All--Pervasive and InescapableImperial Cultic Phenomena -- I. The Enigma for Ancient HistoriansConcerning the First Christians -- II. New Insights into Imperial Cultic Veneration -- III. The Approach and Outline of Divine Honours for the Caesars -- Part I. Divine Honours for the Caesarsand the Roman East -- 2. Festivities, Holidays, New Honours and Golden Ages -- I. Entertaining Festive Imperial Cultic Celebrations -- II. The Annual Calendar for Imperial Cult Public Holidays -- III. Augustus' Birthday 'Equal to the Beginning of All Things' -- IV. The Golden 'Messianic' Ages of Augustus and Nero -- 3. Honours to, for and by the Caesarsand Reciprocal Benefits -- I. Imperial Cultic Rites and Roles 'to', 'for' and 'by' the Emperor -- II. Seeking Reciprocal Imperial Benefits by Cities and Provinces -- 4. Imperial Endorsement of Divine Titles and 'Declining' New Temples -- I. Imperial Divine Titles Also Used of Jesus Christ -- II. Honouring Emperors Who 'Declined' New Temples -- 5. Adopt, Adapt, Abstain:Jewish Responses to Divine Honours -- I. Herod the Great's Blatant Adoptionof the Imperial Cultic Veneration -- II. Imperial Affirmation of the Jewish Cultic Adaptation -- III. Diaspora Jews' Adaptation for Showing Imperial Honours -- IV. Abstention of Jerusalem Temple Sacrificesand the Jewish Rebellion -- Appendix: Authenticity of the Official Decrees Cited by Josephus -- Part II. Divine Imperial Honours and theFirst Christians' Responses -- 6. The Admission of New Gods to Athens:Rome's and Paul's -- I. Imperial Cult Places, Priests and thePublic Veneration in Athens -- II. Official Protocol for Admitting New Gods to Athens -- III. Athenian Philosophers and Priests and the Public -- IV. Paul's Confrontation, God's Amnestyand the Audience's Responses -- Appendix: De natura deorum for Stoics and Epicureans and Paul
7. Promoting Cultic Honours in Achaeaand Exemption for Christians -- I. Imperial Cultic Activities in the Province of Achaea a.d. 2 -- II. Accession Celebrations for Tiberius and Gaius -- III. Imperial Cultic Veneration in Roman Corinth -- IV. Christians Given De Facto Cultic Exemption -- 8. New Imperial Honours:Some Corinthian Christians Compromise -- I. The New Achaean League's Imperial Cult in Corinth (a.d. 54) -- II. Identifying 'the So--Called Gods' and the Imperial 'Genii' -- III. Corinthian Federal Imperial Cultic Activities -- 9. Avoiding Divine Honours:Some Galatian Christians' Strategy -- I. Reactions to Jewish Circumcisionin First--Century Roman Society -- II. Traditional and First--Century ArgumentsPromoting Circumcision -- III. Pressuring Gentile Christians to Be Circumcised -- IV. The Motive and Method of the Circumcision Party Exposed -- 10. Confrontation for Thessalonian Christiansand the Most Divine Caesar -- I. Paul and Silas as Jewish RevolutionariesAgainst Rome (Acts 17:6) -- II. 'Another King, Jesus' and 'the Decrees of Caesar' -- III. The Civic Authorities' Responseto the Allegation of Treason -- IV. 'Exalts Himself over Every So--Called God',2 Thessalonians 2:4 -- 11. Impending Exile for Christians in Hebrews -- I. The Nature of Multiple Past Sufferings -- II. Multiple Legal Punishments for Infringements of the Law -- III. Fearing and Fleeing or Fortified and Facing Exile -- 12. Conformity and Commerce or Capital Punishment: New Honours for Caesar -- I. Official Control of All Local, Commercial Trading -- II. Playing the Numbers Game to Identify the Beast -- III. The Second Beast and Imperial Cultic Innovations -- IV. Capital Punishment for Non--Compliance -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Scripture Referencesand Other Ancient Sources
ISBN:1467444146