The Gospels and the Roman Empire
The Gospels and the Roman Empire
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Description
This book explores how the New Testament, specifically the four canonical gospels, negotiate the Roman imperial world.
Each chapter contributes to a larger goal of demonstrating how the Roman imperial world functions as a critical context that can yield new and exciting perspectives on the gospel narratives. Within this volume, scholars from a variety of contexts come together to examine a particular aspect of negotiation with the Roman Empire, including Genre and Composition, Economic Justice and Social Ethics, Ritual Purity and Ethnicity, Roman Figures, Hegemonic Narratives of Empire, and Gender Construction. The contributors provide an interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating literary studies, gender criticism, Jewish studies, and disability studies.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: The Narratives of Roman Imperial Power, Warren Carter
Chapter Two: New Insights into the Genre of the Canonical Gospels and Their Composition, Elizabeth J. B. Corsar
Chapter Three: “Not Like Them”: (Re) Considering the Gospel of Mark as Subversive-Political Biography, Justin Marc Smith
Chapter Four: Building Disciples or Discipling Building?: Construction Scenes in Luke's Gospel, Anna M. V. Bowden
Chapter Five: The Money Could Have Been Given to the Poor: The Military and the Monetization of the Economy in the Gospel of Mark, Christopher B. Zeichmann
Chapter Six: Gospels, Ritual, Purity, and Ethnicity and the Roman World, R. Alan Streett
Chapter Seven: A Palm Parade, Hidden Transcripts, and the Politics of Peace in the Fourth Gospel, Arthur M. Wright, Jr.
Chapter Eight: Assessing Bodies in Matthew's Gospel: How Matthew “Fleshes Out” Claims for Jesus's Status and Authority, Annelies Gisela Moeser
Chapter Nine: There is neither Jew nor Greek? Postcolonial Trauma and the Destruction of the Second Temple, Joseph McDonald
Chapter Ten: The Herodians and Roman Imperial Engagement in the Synoptic Gospels, Adam Winn
Product details
| Published | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781666966114 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Illustrations | 2 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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