Paul's Letter to the Romans and Roman Imperialism

An Ideological Analysis of the Exordium (Romans 1:1-17)

von Ian E. Rock

390 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A new reading of First Romans as an anti-imperial missive, revealing the complex interplay between theology and ideology.Ian E. Rock demonstrates that the Letter to the Romans may be seen as an attempt by a subordinate group to redress actual and potential issues of confrontation with the Empire and to offer hope, even in the face of death. Paul demonstrates that it is God's peace and not Rome's peace that is important; that loyalty to the exalted Jesus as Lord and to the kingdom of God - not Jupiter and Rome - leads to salvation; that grace flows from Jesus as Christ and Lord and not from the benefactions of the Emperor. If the resurrection of Jesus - the crucified criminal of the Roman Empire - demonstrates God's power over the universe and death, the very instrument of Roman control, then the Christ-believer is encouraged to face suffering and death in the hope of salvation through this power. Paul's theology emerges from, and is inextricably bound to, the politics of his day, the Scriptures of his people, and to the critical fact that the God who is One and Lord of all is still in charge of the world.

• Reihe: James Clarke
• ISBN: 9780227176450
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.05.2017
• Größe: 254 x 178 mm
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd