James R Harrison
Biographic Data
| ID | 8637205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James R Harrison |
| GIVEN NAMES | James R |
| FAMILY NAME | Harrison |
| SIGNATURE | HARRISON J R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sydney College of Divinity |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8096-1500 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Edwin A. Judge and the Study of Early Christianity within the Roman Empire
The ancient historian Edwin A. Judge of Macquarie University (Sydney) exerted a major influence on the study of early Christianity within the Roman Empire. After a short academic biography, this article focuses on two elements of his scholarship. First, the often-overlooked relevance of Judge as a Roman historian for New Testament studies is examined. Judge contrasted the Latin West republican quest for glory on the part of the Roman nobility wit…
Religion in Ephesos Reconsidered
Sponsors of Paideia
New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 11B
The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity
The first three hundred years of the common era witnessed critical developments that would become foundational for Christianity itself, as well as for the societies and later history that emerged thereafter. The concept of 'ancient Christianity,' however, along with the content that the category represents, has raised much debate. This is, in part, because within this category lie multiple forms of devotion to Jesus Christ, multiple phenomena, an…
Early Christians and Their Socioeconomic Contexts
This essay will assess scholarship from the last two decades on the socioeconomic profile and diversity of the early Christian communities. Several methodological observations about recent studies on social stratification and its implications for early Christian groups in the Greco-Roman world will also be offered, touching on poverty and the dynamics of rank and status in antiquity. 1 The transitions in scholarly consensus prior to twenty-first-…
Reading Romans with Roman Eyes
Paul’s letter to the Romans has a long history in Christian dogmatic battles. But how might the letter have been heard by an audience in Neronian Rome? James R. Harrison answers that question through a reader-response approach grounded in deep investigations of the material and ideological culture of the city, from Augustus to Nero. Inscriptional, archaeological, monumental, and numismatic evidence, in addition to a breadth of literary material, …
Paul and the Ancient Celebrity Circuit
The modern cult of celebrity, commencing with Garibaldi, Byron, and Whitman, is compared to the quest for glory in late republican and early imperial Roman society. Studies based on the documentary and literary sources - including the »great man,« the elite quest for civic honour, the Mediterranean athletic ideal, the ethical curriculum of the gymnasium, and local association values - provide the basis for James R. Harrison to assess the ancient …
The First Urban Churches 5
The First Urban Churches 3
First Urban Churches 3
Sponsors of Paideia
Dieser Beitrag untersucht den Wertekonflikt, der zwischen der paganen Praxis der paideia in Ephesos und ihrer Konzeptualisierung in den Schriften der frühen Christen erkennbar ist. Dafür wird der inschriftliche und archäologische Befund ausgewertet, indem besonderes Augenmerk auf die pädagogische Funktion der Gymnasiarchen in Ephesos, die Ehren- und Moralvorstellungen, die sich in der Bibliothek des Kelsos manifestieren, und die Belege des Ausdru…
The First Urban Churches 2
Augustan Rome and the Body of Christ
A surprising omission in New Testament studies of the imperial world is a comparison of Augustus's conception of rule in the Res Gestae ( RG ) with Paul's eschatological gospel of grace in his letter to the Romans. Even though each document has been foundational in the history of Western civilization, a comparison of their vastly different social outcomes has not been undertaken. Neil Elliott has made an outstanding contribution in laying the fou…
‘More than conquerors’ (Rom 8
This paper investigates the social and theological import of Romans against the iconography of the Augustan arches, focusing on Paul’s indebtedness to Greeks and barbarians, the reconciliation of enemies, the victory of Christ on behalf of believers, and his rule over the nations. D.C. Lopez and B. Kahl investigated the iconographic evidence of Aphrodisias and Pergamon when discussing the political implications of Paul’s gospel in the Roman provi…
Paul and the Imperial Authorities at Thessalonica and Rome
James R. Harrison investigates the collision between Paul's eschatological gospel and the Julio-Claudian conception of rule. The ruler's propaganda, with its claim about the 'eternal rule' of the imperial house over its subjects, embodied in idolatry of power that conflicted with Paul's proclamation of the reign of the risen Son of God over his world. This ideological conflict is examined in 1 and 2 Thessalonians and in Romans, exploring how Paul…
The First Christians in the Roman World
E.A. Judge's collection of Augustan and New Testament essays explores the intersection of the social practices of the first Christians in the eastern Mediterranean basin with the Roman world. In the first part of the collection, Judge examines the Augustan principate against the competitive culture of the republican noble houses. Because of the unparalleled ascendancy of the Julian house, Augustus progressively acquired an eschatological aura as …
In Quest of the Third Heaven
It is an irony of history that by late antiquity Paul had become the authority figure he never was during his lifetime. However, by the subapostolic and patristic periods Paul's apostolic authority was no longer considered quite so controversial. From 200 AD onwards Paul's letters were regularly cited alongside the Gospels and the Old Testament as 'Scripture'. It is therefore no surprise that the premier apocalyptic theologian of the New Testamen…
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In Quest of the Third Heaven
It is an irony of history that by late antiquity Paul had become the authority figure he never was during his lifetime. However, by the subapostolic and patristic periods Paul's apostolic authority was no longer considered quite so controversial. From 200 AD onwards Paul's letters were regularly cited alongside the Gospels and the Old Testament as 'Scripture'. It is therefore no surprise that the premier apocalyptic theologian of the New Testamen…
The First Christians in the Roman World
E.A. Judge's collection of Augustan and New Testament essays explores the intersection of the social practices of the first Christians in the eastern Mediterranean basin with the Roman world. In the first part of the collection, Judge examines the Augustan principate against the competitive culture of the republican noble houses. Because of the unparalleled ascendancy of the Julian house, Augustus progressively acquired an eschatological aura as …
Paul and the Imperial Authorities at Thessalonica and Rome
James R. Harrison investigates the collision between Paul's eschatological gospel and the Julio-Claudian conception of rule. The ruler's propaganda, with its claim about the 'eternal rule' of the imperial house over its subjects, embodied in idolatry of power that conflicted with Paul's proclamation of the reign of the risen Son of God over his world. This ideological conflict is examined in 1 and 2 Thessalonians and in Romans, exploring how Paul…
‘More than conquerors’ (Rom 8
This paper investigates the social and theological import of Romans against the iconography of the Augustan arches, focusing on Paul’s indebtedness to Greeks and barbarians, the reconciliation of enemies, the victory of Christ on behalf of believers, and his rule over the nations. D.C. Lopez and B. Kahl investigated the iconographic evidence of Aphrodisias and Pergamon when discussing the political implications of Paul’s gospel in the Roman provi…
Augustan Rome and the Body of Christ
A surprising omission in New Testament studies of the imperial world is a comparison of Augustus's conception of rule in the Res Gestae ( RG ) with Paul's eschatological gospel of grace in his letter to the Romans. Even though each document has been foundational in the history of Western civilization, a comparison of their vastly different social outcomes has not been undertaken. Neil Elliott has made an outstanding contribution in laying the fou…
Sponsors of Paideia
Dieser Beitrag untersucht den Wertekonflikt, der zwischen der paganen Praxis der paideia in Ephesos und ihrer Konzeptualisierung in den Schriften der frühen Christen erkennbar ist. Dafür wird der inschriftliche und archäologische Befund ausgewertet, indem besonderes Augenmerk auf die pädagogische Funktion der Gymnasiarchen in Ephesos, die Ehren- und Moralvorstellungen, die sich in der Bibliothek des Kelsos manifestieren, und die Belege des Ausdru…
The First Urban Churches 2
The First Urban Churches 3
First Urban Churches 3
Paul and the Ancient Celebrity Circuit
The modern cult of celebrity, commencing with Garibaldi, Byron, and Whitman, is compared to the quest for glory in late republican and early imperial Roman society. Studies based on the documentary and literary sources - including the »great man,« the elite quest for civic honour, the Mediterranean athletic ideal, the ethical curriculum of the gymnasium, and local association values - provide the basis for James R. Harrison to assess the ancient …
The First Urban Churches 5
Reading Romans with Roman Eyes
Paul’s letter to the Romans has a long history in Christian dogmatic battles. But how might the letter have been heard by an audience in Neronian Rome? James R. Harrison answers that question through a reader-response approach grounded in deep investigations of the material and ideological culture of the city, from Augustus to Nero. Inscriptional, archaeological, monumental, and numismatic evidence, in addition to a breadth of literary material, …
The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity
The first three hundred years of the common era witnessed critical developments that would become foundational for Christianity itself, as well as for the societies and later history that emerged thereafter. The concept of 'ancient Christianity,' however, along with the content that the category represents, has raised much debate. This is, in part, because within this category lie multiple forms of devotion to Jesus Christ, multiple phenomena, an…
Early Christians and Their Socioeconomic Contexts
This essay will assess scholarship from the last two decades on the socioeconomic profile and diversity of the early Christian communities. Several methodological observations about recent studies on social stratification and its implications for early Christian groups in the Greco-Roman world will also be offered, touching on poverty and the dynamics of rank and status in antiquity. 1 The transitions in scholarly consensus prior to twenty-first-…
New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity 11B
Sponsors of Paideia
Edwin A. Judge and the Study of Early Christianity within the Roman Empire
The ancient historian Edwin A. Judge of Macquarie University (Sydney) exerted a major influence on the study of early Christianity within the Roman Empire. After a short academic biography, this article focuses on two elements of his scholarship. First, the often-overlooked relevance of Judge as a Roman historian for New Testament studies is examined. Judge contrasted the Latin West republican quest for glory on the part of the Roman nobility wit…
Religion in Ephesos Reconsidered
Biblical Studies and Interpretation (11 works) · History (8 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Classics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Historical and Linguistic Studies (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · New Testament (4 works)