01366nam a2200301 a 4500 20260119070737.0 2022-09-10 11:03:39 9789004180536 1 0 eng 261.873 T272-L37 Lau, Te-Li Author Supplements to Novum Testamentum Te-Li Lau vol. 133 The politics of peace: Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four books Netherlands Brill 2010 360tr. Hardcover 25cm 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 (TM)s `Orations,` and the Confucian `Four Books` 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. Christianity and other religions -- Confucianism https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/9/10/_679395762_140.jpg Cover Image 8971 8971 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-8971 0.00 BK