Images of EmpireLoveday Alexander At the Images of Empire colloquium held in Sheffield in 1990, an international team of scholars met to explore some of the conflicting images generated by the Roman Empire. The articles reflect interests as diverse as those of the scholars themselves: Roman history and archaeology, Jewish Studies, Dead Sea Scrolls, New Testament and Patristics are all represented. All are focused on a single theme, the importance of which is increasingly recognized, not only for the historian, but for everyone interested in the political complexities of our post-imperial world. |
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The Economic Critique of Rome in Revelation 18 | 47 |
Imagesor Miragesof Empire? An Archaeological Approach to the Problem | 91 |
Clash of Roman and Native | 107 |
Agrippa IIs Speech in Josephuss Jewish War | 122 |
Religion and Politics in the Acts of the Apostles Josephus and Charitons Chaereas and Callirhoe | 179 |
A Mixed Population Seeks a Home in the Roman Empire | 202 |
Jews and Others | 222 |
Jeromes Concepts of Empire | 239 |
The Fathers and the Empire | 251 |
The Image of the Emperor in the Heikhalot Literature | 276 |
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