Table of Contents

Preface; Abbreviations; General introduction; Part I. The Background to Paul's Thought on the Powers: 1. The environment in which Paul worked; 2. The powers in Jewish and pagan thought; Part II. Exegesis of Pauline Texts: 3. The powers and Christ triumphant; 4. The powers and the spiritual world; 5. The powers and the political world; Part III. The Post-Pauline Development: 6. Texts within the New Testament; 7. Ignatius of Antioch; 8. The angelomorphic Christology of early Jewish Christianity; 9. The Greek apologists; 10. Clement of Alexandria; 11. The influence of gnosticism; 12. Origen; Part IV. Final Remarks: Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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Refutes the notion that early Christians believed that mighty forces of evil were ranged against man.