%0 Book
%A Malcolm Gill
%D 2021
%C Oxford, United Kingdom
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%T Jesus as Mediator
%B Politics and Polemic in 1 Timothy 2:1-7
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1104433
%X This book addresses the influence of the imperial cult in first-century AD Asia Minor and its subsequent relevance to the reading of the New Testament. In particular, this work argues, through a contrapuntal reading of 1 Timothy 2:1-7, that the early Christian community strongly resisted the Emperor’s claim to be the «mediator» between the gods and humanity. In contrast to this claim, the author shows that 1 Timothy 2:1-7 can be read as a polemic from a minority community, the Christian church in Ephesus, against the powerful voice of the Roman Empire in regard to divine mediation.
%K New Testament, Paulus (Apostel), Timotheusbrief (I.) 2,1-7, Exegese, Roman Empire, Early Christians, Divine Mediation
%G English