Empire in the New Testament

How does a Christian render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's? This book is the result of the Bingham Colloquium of 2007 that brought scholars from across North America to examine the New Testament's response to the empires of God and Caesar. Two chapters lay the foundation for that response in the Old Testament's concept of empire, and six others address the response to the notion of empire, both human and divine, in the various authors of the New Testament. A final chapter investigates how the church fathers regarded the matter. The essays display various methods and positions; together, however, they offer a representative sample of the current state of study of the notion of empire in the New Testament.

About the author

Stanley E. Porter is President and Dean, and Professor of New Testament, at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He has published extensively in the area of New Testament and Greek language and linguistics, including New Testament Greek Papyri and Parchments (with Wendy Porter; 2008).

Cynthia Long Westfall is Assistant Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She is the author of A Discourse Analysis of Hebrews (2006).

Product details

• Assisted by: Stanley E. Porter (Editor), Cynthia Long Westfall (Editor)
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781498256858
• ISBN: 978-1-4982-5685-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 616 g
• Series: McMaster New Testament Studies; McMaster New Testament Studies Series
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works