Abject joy : Paul, prison, and the art of making do

Abject joy : Paul, prison, and the art of making do / Ryan S. Schellenberg.

"No extant text gives so vivid a glimpse into the experience of an ancient prisoner as Paul's letter to the Philippians. As a letter from prison, however, it is not what one would expect. For although it is true that Paul, like some other ancient prisoners, speaks in Philippians of his yea...

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Main Author: Schellenberg, Ryan S. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Paul, > the Apostle, Saint > Imprisonment.
Paul, > the Apostle, Saint
Bible. > Philippians > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Philippians
Imprisonment > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Contentment > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Joy > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Contentment > Religious aspects > Christianity
Imprisonment
Imprisonment > Religious aspects > Christianity
Joy > Religious aspects > Christianity
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Paul, Prison, and the Social History of Emotions
  • Far More Imprisonments: Punitive Custody in the Letters of Paul
  • To Die Is Gain: Subjection, Glory, and Paul's Wish for Death
  • Speaking with All Boldness: Prison in the Roman Social Imagination
  • I Have Learned to Be Content: Performing the Autarkic Self
  • Rejoice with Me: the Epistolary Cultivation of Collective Emotion
  • Conclusion: The Body of Our Humiliation.

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