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The Politics of Peace: Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four Books

by Te-Li Lau

  • Hardback
  • 376 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.8 x 24.4 x 2.6 cm

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For Bible students and those studying Greek politics.

Explains the meaning of peace within church life.

Helps you relate ancient themes to your daily life.

A deep dive into the political nature of peace in the book of Ephesians compared against ancient cultural texts.

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Although scholarship has noted the thematic importance of peace in Ephesians, few have examined its political character in a sustained manner throughout the entire letter. This book addresses this lacuna, comparing Ephesians with Colossians, Greek political texts, Dio Chrysostom's Orations, and the Confucian Four Books in order to ascertain the rhetorical and political nature of its topos of peace. Through comparison with analogous documents both within and without its cultural milieu, this study shows that Ephesians can be read as a politico-religious letter "concerning peace" within the church. Its vision of peace contains common political elements (such as moral education, household management, communal stability, a universal humanity, and war) that are subsumed under the controlling rubric of the unity and cosmic summing up of all things in Christ.
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  • Title

    The Politics of Peace: Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four Books

  • Author

    Te-Li Lau

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    December 2009

  • Weight

    750g

  • Page Count

    376

  • Dimensions

    16.8 x 24.4 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004180536

  • ISBN-10

    9004180532

  • Eden Code

    4725156