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- From: Jim Hester <hester AT jasper.uor.edu>
- To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Jewish origins of apostle
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:49:00 -0800
Elli Elliott wrote:
> The line of investigation I'm suggesting perhaps requires that we rethink
> "missionary work" in light of the kinds of social networks and imperial
> relations you indicate. We need to keep in mind that the imperial cult and
> the military, political, and economic might of the empire were not separate.
> Conquest was as much a matter of integrating the loyalties of key social
> sectors and influential individuals in the various cities and provinces as
> it
> was military power. Honors to the emperor, the ubiquitous statues and
> temples, etc. were all a part of this extension of influence. It was a
> symbiotic relationship. The local patrons derived honor and status from a
> special relationship to the emperor, a relationship that was strengthened by
> the honors to the emperor that they organized and sponsored, including the
> activities of the imperial cult. I would suggest that this kind of
> relationship can shed a great deal of light on Paul's language about his
> relationship to God and Christ as an "apostle" and the formation of his
> missionary project to win citizens of an alternative empire.
Although I haven't read it in its entirety, I think that John L. White's,
"The Apostle of God: Paul and the Promise of Abraham" (Hendrikson, 1999),
esp. Part Two, might shed some light on issues of "social networks and
imperial relations."
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-
Jewish origins of apostle,
Frich107, 12/08/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jeffrey B. Gibson, 12/08/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/08/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Hyam Maccoby, 12/08/2001
- RE: Jewish origins of apostle, Bob MacDonald (Shaw), 12/08/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Elli Elliott, 12/08/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/08/2001
- re: Jewish origins of apostle, John Dickson, 12/09/2001
- RE: Jewish origins of apostle, David C. Hindley, 12/09/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Elli Elliott, 12/10/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jim Hester, 12/10/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Stephen.Finlan, 12/11/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Roy E. Ciampa, 12/11/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/12/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/12/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Stephen.Finlan, 12/12/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Edgar Krentz, 12/12/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/13/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Stephen.Finlan, 12/13/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Jill and Dale Walker, 12/13/2001
- Re: Jewish origins of apostle, Stephen.Finlan, 12/14/2001
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