Luke's Jesus in the Roman Empire and the Emperor in the Gospel of Luke
Title | Luke's Jesus in the Roman Empire and the Emperor in the Gospel of Luke PDF eBook |
Author | Pyung-Soo Seo |
Publisher | James Clarke & Company |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 2015-08-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0227904907 |
Shrewd and thoughtful, Pyung-Soo Seo offers an exciting and refreshing perspective on Luke's Gospel, which provides valuable clues to a deeper understanding of the vast power of the Roman Empire through Jesus' birth and trial accounts. Seo analyses the political role the Gospel played in the decades following the Crucifixion, and presents a compelling argument: the Bible emphasises Jesus' relationships with tax collectors as a way of displaying his moral authority, seen as he confronts one of the most hated aspects of the empire: the corruption and intimidation for which the emperor was ultimately responsible. Seo suggests that Luke wants us to compare Jesus and the emperor to show us how the emperor is found wanting. Concentrating on the titles of 'benefactor' and 'saviour' his analysis of Christ's moral authority is both discerning and erudite.
Jesus, Politics, and Society
Title | Jesus, Politics, and Society PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Cassidy |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | 266 |
Release | 2015-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1498202322 |
Was Jesus dangerous to the Roman Empire? Reading the Gospel of Luke in the light of Roman-ruled Palestine, Richard J. Cassidy demonstrates that Jesus was a powerful threat to both the political and social structures of his time.
Jesus and the Empire of God
Title | Jesus and the Empire of God PDF eBook |
Author | Warren Carter |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | 152 |
Release | 2021-06-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1725294621 |
The New Testament Gospels came into existence in a world ruled by Roman imperial power. Their main character, Jesus, is crucified on a Roman cross by a Roman governor. How do the Gospels interact with the structures, practices, and personnel of the Roman world? What strategies and approaches do the Gospels attest? What role for accommodation, for imitation, for critique, for opposition, for decolonizing, for reinscribing, for getting along, for survival? This book engages these questions by discussing the Gospel accounts of Jesus' origins and birth, his teachings and miraculous actions, his entry to Jerusalem, his death, and his resurrection, ascension, and return. The book engages not only the first-century world but also raises questions about our own society's structures and practices concerning the use of power, equitable access to resources, the practice of justice, and merciful and respectful societal interactions.
Christ and Caesar
Title | Christ and Caesar PDF eBook |
Author | Seyoon Kim |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | 245 |
Release | 2008-10-07 |
Genre | Bibles |
ISBN | 0802860087 |
This title looks at what kind of responses Paul made to the Roman Empire. The author subjects the methods of current interpreters to critical scrutiny and discusses what makes an anti-imperial interpretation of Pauline writings difficult.
'And So We Came to Rome '
Title | 'And So We Came to Rome ' PDF eBook |
Author | Paul W. Walaskay |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 140 |
Release | 2005-10-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521020565 |
This book raises questions about Luke's apology, and refutes the traditional view that he was writing an apologia pro ecclesia.
The Roman Empire in Luke's Narrative
Title | The Roman Empire in Luke's Narrative PDF eBook |
Author | Kazuhiko Yamazaki-Ransom |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Total Pages | 258 |
Release | 2010-05-27 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567364399 |
This work illuminates Luke’s portrayals of Roman officials in light of Jewish portrayals of Gentile rulers in the Old Testament and in Second Temple Literature.
The Reign of God and Rome in Luke's Passion Narrative
Title | The Reign of God and Rome in Luke's Passion Narrative PDF eBook |
Author | Yong-sung Ahn |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 254 |
Release | 2006-03-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9047409094 |
From a Korean perspective, this book examines how Luke's Passion Narrative constructs the space-time of the Reign of God both in contest to and in compliance with that of Rome and shows how Luke's colonial relations complicate the Gospel's theological perspectives.