Abject Joy is a social history of prison in the Greek and Roman world that takes Paul's letter to the Philippians as its focal instance--or, to put it the other way around, a study of Paul's letter to the Philippians that takes the reality of prison as its starting point. Examining ancient perceptions of confinement, and placing this ancient evidence in dialogue with modern prison writing and ethnography, it describes Paul's urgent and unexpectedly joyful letter as a witness to the perplexing art of survival under constraint.
Abject Joy is a social history of prison in the Greek and Roman world that takes Paul's letter to the Philippians as its focal instance--or, to put it the other way around, a study of Paul's letter to the Philippians that takes the reality of prison as its starting point. Examining ancient perceptions of confinement, and placing this ancient evidence in dialogue with modern prison writing and ethnography, it describes Paul's urgent and unexpectedly joyful letter as a witness to the perplexing art of survival under constraint.
Ryan S. Schellenberg is Associate Professor of New Testament at Methodist Theological School in Ohio. His research seeks to ground reconstructions of early Christ groups in lived human experience by placing the ancient evidence in dialogue with contemporary ethnography. Schellenberg's previous book, Rethinking Paul's Rhetorical Education, was awarded the 2015 F. W. Beare Award for an outstanding book in New Testament and Christian Origins by the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.
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Table of Contents Preface Translations and Abbreviations Introduction: Paul, Prison, and the Social History of Emotions Prison and the Pauline Legend Prison Letters and Pauline Incomparability "The Characteristic Emotion of the Sage" The Body of Paul and the History of Emotions Outline, and a Note on Comparison 1. Far More Imprisonments: Punitive Custody in the Letters of Paul Paul and Other Imprisoned Apostles Magistrates and Jurisdictions Paul in Local Custody Writing in Chains Plausible Accusations Conclusion 2. To Die Is Gain: Subjection, Glory, and Paul's Wish for Death Prison before the Prison Everyday Violence Confinement and Subjugation A Noble Death? To Depart and Be with Christ To Die Is Gain Conclusion 3. Speaking with All Boldness: Prison in the Roman Social Imagination Prisoners of War Ill-Fated Aristocrats Nonelite Malefactors Philosophers, Astrologers, and Other Divine Heralds For the Defense of the Gospel Conclusion 4. I Have Learned to Be Content: Performing the Autarkic Self You Can't Always Get What You Want Thanks Anyway Agency and Abasement Performing Indifference Conclusion 5. Rejoice with Me: The Epistolary Cultivation of Collective Emotion Paul Unaffected My Joy and Crown Joy, Hardship, and Solidarity Socioaffective Emotion Regulation Conclusion Conclusion: The Body of Our Humiliation Bibliography
Table of Contents Preface Translations and Abbreviations Introduction: Paul, Prison, and the Social History of Emotions Prison and the Pauline Legend Prison Letters and Pauline Incomparability "The Characteristic Emotion of the Sage" The Body of Paul and the History of Emotions Outline, and a Note on Comparison 1. Far More Imprisonments: Punitive Custody in the Letters of Paul Paul and Other Imprisoned Apostles Magistrates and Jurisdictions Paul in Local Custody Writing in Chains Plausible Accusations Conclusion 2. To Die Is Gain: Subjection, Glory, and Paul's Wish for Death Prison before the Prison Everyday Violence Confinement and Subjugation A Noble Death? To Depart and Be with Christ To Die Is Gain Conclusion 3. Speaking with All Boldness: Prison in the Roman Social Imagination Prisoners of War Ill-Fated Aristocrats Nonelite Malefactors Philosophers, Astrologers, and Other Divine Heralds For the Defense of the Gospel Conclusion 4. I Have Learned to Be Content: Performing the Autarkic Self You Can't Always Get What You Want Thanks Anyway Agency and Abasement Performing Indifference Conclusion 5. Rejoice with Me: The Epistolary Cultivation of Collective Emotion Paul Unaffected My Joy and Crown Joy, Hardship, and Solidarity Socioaffective Emotion Regulation Conclusion Conclusion: The Body of Our Humiliation Bibliography
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