TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lau,Te-Li
TI  - The politics of peace: Ephesians, Dio Chrysostom, and the Confucian Four books 
T2  - Supplements to Novum Testamentum,
SN  - 9789004180543
AV  - BS2695.6.P5 L38 2010eb
U1  - 261.8/73 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Dio,
KW  - Paulus (Apostel).
KW  - Dio (Chrysostomus).
KW  - Bible
KW  - Ephesians
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Si shu
KW  - fast
KW  - Peace
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Confucianism
KW  - Relations
KW  - Christianity
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Friedensethik
KW  - swd
KW  - Konfuzianismus
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Slightly Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Emory University, 2008; Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-334) and indexes; Introduction to the task -- Comparison of Ephesians with Colossians -- The political in Ephesians -- The vision of peace in Dio Chrysostom -- The vision of peace in the Confucian Four books -- Comparing visions of peace
N2  - 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 Chrysostoma (TM)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
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