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Render to Caesar : Jesus, the early church, and the Roman superpower /

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Bryan reexamines the attitude of the early Church toward imperial Rome, exploring how far the early Christian critique of Roman power extended & finding its roots in the established biblical & prophetic tradition.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryan, Christopher, 1935-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Political and social views.
Jésus-Christ > Pensée politique et sociale.
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christus.
Church and state > Rome.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Église et État > Rome.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Church and state
Church history > Primitive and early church
Political and social views
Rome (Empire)
Kirche
Staat
Vroege christendom.
Romeinse rijk.
Kerk en staat.
Nieuwe Testament.
30-600
Electronic books.
Faculty publications > 2005.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Israel and empire: from the Egyptians to the Greeks
  • Israel and empire: from the Maccabees to the War against Rome
  • Jesus and empire: the teacher and the man of deed
  • Jesus, violence, and non-violence
  • Jesus and empire: the crucified
  • The Gospel passion narratives as historical sources
  • Two Jewish witnesses to the death of Jesus
  • Did the Sanhedrin in the time of Jesus have authority to execute the death penalty?
  • Jesus' followers and the Roman Empire: Paul
  • Jesus' followers and the Roman Empire: Luke, 1 Peter, and Revelation
  • Further thoughts on the imperial rhetoric, and John the Seer's relationship to it
  • Empires ancient and modern
  • Unscientific postscript
  • Further remarks on literary treatments of the abandonment of responsibility.