Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and LukeThe slogan "Paul and the Empire" is much in vogue in New Testament scholarship today. But did Paul truly formulate his gospel in antithesis to the Roman imperial cult and ideology and seek to subvert the Empire? In Christ and Caesar Seyoon Kim first examines five epistles of Paul exegetically and shows how the dominant anti-imperial interpretation is actually difficult to sustain.Next he examines the Lukan writings (Luke-Acts) to see how Luke talks about the encounters of Paul and other gospel preachers with Roman imperialism. Kim explores why it is that Luke makes no effort to present Christ's redemption as materialized in terms of political liberation. Finally, Kim compares the exaltation Christologies of Luke, Revelation, Paul, and Hebrews and inquires about the hermeneutical possibility of developing a political Christology in our present-day context. |
Contents
Reading 1 and 2 Thessalonians in Terms of the Imperial Cult | 3 |
AntiImperial Interpretation of Other Pauline Epistles | 11 |
The Problems of the Method | 28 |
Factors That Make an AntiImperial Interpretation Difficult | 34 |
Summary and Conclusion | 65 |
The Gospel Charged as AntiImperial | 75 |
It Is Not a Deliverance | 94 |
It Is a Deliverance | 114 |
The Apostles Campaign against the Kingdom | 151 |
Reasons for Lack of Concern for the Political | 161 |
Summary and Conclusion | 191 |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and Luke |
| Author | Seyoon Kim |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0802860087, 9780802860088 |
| Length | 228 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General |
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