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John and empire : initial explorations / Warren Carter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : T & T Clark, c2008.Description: xii, 423 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0567028402
  • 0567027031
  • 9780567028402
  • 9780567027030
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 226.5067 22
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Invisible Rome : reading John's Gospel -- Synagogues, Jesus-believers, and Rome's empire : bridges and boundaries -- Expressions of Roman power in Ephesus -- Negotiating the imperial present by turning to the past : Artemis, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus wisdom -- Genre as imperial negotiation : ancient biography and John's Gospel -- The plot of John's Gospel -- Images and titles for Jesus in the Roman imperial context -- Eternal Rome and eternal life -- John's father and the emperor as father of the fatherland -- The sacred identity of John's Jesus-believers -- The governor and the King/Emperor : Pilate and Jesus (John 18:28-19:22) -- Where's Jesus? apotheosis and ascension.