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Matthew And The Roman Military

Name: Matthew And The Roman Military
Price: 84.93 GBP
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Author: John E. Christianson
ISBN: 9781978712218

by John E. Christianson

Hardback
254 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
15.9 x 23.5 x 1.7 cm

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For theology students and serious Bible readers.

Shows how early Christians lived under Roman power.

You will find new ways to read Matthew's Gospel.

An insightful investigation into how the Gospel of Matthew speaks to life under imperial rule.

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This book addresses the ways that the Gospel of Matthew portrays Roman military power. Christianson argues that Matthew seeks to help his audience negotiate imperial military control through strategies of avoidance, accommodation, non-violent resistance, mimicry, and dreams of divine retribution and eschatological fulfillment.