Reconstructing Honor in Roman Philippi

by Joseph H. Hellerman

Book Overview

This book examines Paul's letter to the Philippians against the social background of the colony at Philippi. After an extensive survey of Roman social values, Professor Hellerman argues that the cursus honorum, the formalized sequence of public offices that marked out the prescribed social pilgrimage for aspiring senatorial aristocrats in Rome (and which was replicated in miniature in municipalities and in voluntary associations), forms the background...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521849098
• ISBN13: 9780521849098
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"