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John and Empire

Initial Explorations [Paperback]

by Prof. Warren Carter (ladonna Kramer Meinders Professor Of New Testament)

    • Author

      Prof. Warren Carter (ladonna Kramer Meinders Professor Of New Testament)

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Nuum Academic Publishing

    • Published

      July 2008

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      John and Empire

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      In this significant and innovative contribution, Warren Carter explores "John's Gospel" as a work of imperial negotiation in the context of Ephesus, capital of the Roman province of Asia. Carter employs multiple methods, rejects sectarian scenarios, and builds on other Christian writings and recent studies of diaspora synagogues that combined participationist lifestyles with observance of distinctive practices to argue that imperial negotiation was a contested issue for late first-century Jesus-believers. While a number of Jesus-believers probably lived societally-accommodated lives, John's Gospel employs a "rhetoric of distance" to urge much less accommodation and to create an alternative "anti-society" for followers of Jesus crucified by the empire but vindicated by God.In addition to establishing this tense historical setting, chapters identify various arenas and strategies of imperial negotiation in wide-ranging discussions of the gospel's genre, plot, Christological titles, developing traditions, eternal life, the image of God as father, ecclesiology, Jesus' conflict with Pilate, and resurrection and ascension.Carter has explored interactions between the emerging Christian movement and the Roman Empire in various articles and book-length studies such as "Matthew and the Margins" (Orbis), "Matthew and Empire" (Trinity Press International/Continuum), "Pontius Pilate: Portraits of a Roman Governor" (Liturgical), and "The Roman Empire and the New Testament" (Abingdon).

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      • Author

        Prof. Warren Carter (ladonna Kramer Meinders Professor Of New Testament)

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Nuum Academic Publishing

      • Published

        July 2008

      • Weight

        609g

      • Page Count

        240

      • Dimensions

        167 x 233 x 33 mm

      • ISBN

        9780567028402

      • ISBN-10

        0567028402

      • Eden Code

        1117253

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      • Author/Creator: Prof. Warren Carter (ladonna Kramer Meinders Professor Of New Testament)

      • ISBN: 9780567028402

      • Publisher: Nuum Academic Publishing

      • Release Date: July 2008

      • Weight: 609g

      • Dimensions: 167 x 233 x 33 mm

      • Eden Code: 1117253


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