The Arrogance of Nations - Reading Romans in the Shadow of Empire

Informationen zum Autor Neil Elliott , an Episcopal priest, teaches biblical studies at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis. He is the author of Liberating Paul (Fortress ed. 2005, 978-0-8006-2379-1) and The Rhetoric of Romans (Fortress ed. 2006, 978-0-8006-6202-8). Klappentext Elliott offers a fresh and surprising reinterpretation of Pauls letter to the Romans in the context of Roman imperial ideology! bringing to the text the latest insights from classical studies! rhetorical criticism! postcolonial criticism! and peoples history. By setting the letter alongside Roman texts (Cicero! Virgil! the Res Gestae of Augustus! Seneca! poets from the age of Nero! as well as later historians and satirists)! Elliott provides a dramatic new reading of the letter as Pauls confrontation with the arrogance of empireand an emerging Christianity already tempted by the seductive ideology of imperial power.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Elliott
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2010
• EAN: 9780800697686
• ISBN: 978-0-8006-9768-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 240 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Paul in Critical Contexts; Paul in Critical Contexts
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity