RT Book
T1 Paul and the ancient celebrity circuit: the cross and moral transformation
T2 Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
JF Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
A1 Harrison, James R. 1952-
LA English
PP Tübingen
PB Mohr Siebeck
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1687307083
AB James R. Harrison vergleicht den modernen Promikult mit der Suche nach Ruhm in der späten republikanischen und frühen kaiserzeitlichen römischen Gesellschaft. Er zeigt, wie Paulus' Ethik der Demut, welche vom gekreuzigten Christus her gedacht wurde, in einer Welt, die von wechselseitigen Vergleichen, Angeberei und Selbstgenügsamkeit besessen war, hervorstach.
AB The modern cult of celebrity, commencing with Garibaldi, Byron, and Whitman, is compared to the quest for glory in late republican and early imperial Roman society. Studies based on the documentary and literary sources – including the »great man,« the elite quest for civic honour, the Mediterranean athletic ideal, the ethical curriculum of the gymnasium, and local association values – provide the basis for James R. Harrison to assess the ancient preoccupation with fame, hierarchy, and status. He shows how Paul's gospel of the crucified Christ stood out in a culture obsessed with mutual comparison, boasting, and self-sufficiency. It departed from the self-exalting mores of classical culture and enshrined humility and other-centeredness in the western intellectual tradition. As such, the soteriological power of the cross became an impetus not only for individual moral transformation but also for social change.
SN 9783161570193
K1 Kunst und Religion
K1 Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
K1 ZPO
K1 Graeco-Roman
K1 Fame
K1 Augustus
K1 Ethics
K1 Elites
K1 Neues Testament
K1 Alte Geschichte
DO 10.1628/978-3-16-157019-3