Jesus is Lord, Caesar is not evaluating empire in New Testament studies
Jesus is Lord, Caesar is not evaluating empire in New Testament studies
edited by Scot McKnight and Joseph B. Modica
- Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, c2013.
- 224 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
The New Testament is immersed in the often hostile world of the Roman Empire, but its relationship to that world is complex. What is meant by Jesus' call to "render unto Caesar" his due, when Luke subversively heralds the arrival of a Savior and Lord who is not Caesar, but Christ? Is there tension between Peter's command to "honor the emperor" and John's apocalyptic denouncement of Rome as "Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots"? Under the direction of editors Scot McKnight and Joseph B. Modica, respected biblical scholars have come together to investigate an increasingly popular approach in New Testament scholarship of interpreting the text through the lens of empire. The contributors praise recent insights into the New Testament's exposé of Roman statecraft, ideology and emperor worship. But they conclude that rhetoric of anti-imperialism is often given too much sway. More than simply hearing the biblical authors in their context, it tends to govern what they must be saying about their context. The result of this collaboration, Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not, is a groundbreaking yet accessible critical evaluation of empire criticism. --Publisher
9780830839919
Christainity and politics--Biblical teaching
Bible and politics
Politics in the Bible
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Bible. N.T.--Criticism, Interpretation, etc.
BS 2545 .P6 / J47 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index
The New Testament is immersed in the often hostile world of the Roman Empire, but its relationship to that world is complex. What is meant by Jesus' call to "render unto Caesar" his due, when Luke subversively heralds the arrival of a Savior and Lord who is not Caesar, but Christ? Is there tension between Peter's command to "honor the emperor" and John's apocalyptic denouncement of Rome as "Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots"? Under the direction of editors Scot McKnight and Joseph B. Modica, respected biblical scholars have come together to investigate an increasingly popular approach in New Testament scholarship of interpreting the text through the lens of empire. The contributors praise recent insights into the New Testament's exposé of Roman statecraft, ideology and emperor worship. But they conclude that rhetoric of anti-imperialism is often given too much sway. More than simply hearing the biblical authors in their context, it tends to govern what they must be saying about their context. The result of this collaboration, Jesus Is Lord, Caesar Is Not, is a groundbreaking yet accessible critical evaluation of empire criticism. --Publisher
9780830839919
Christainity and politics--Biblical teaching
Bible and politics
Politics in the Bible
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Bible. N.T.--Criticism, Interpretation, etc.
BS 2545 .P6 / J47 2013