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Resisting empire : rethinking the purpose of the letter to "the Hebrews" / Jason A. Whitlark.
Van Pelt Library BS2775.6.R65 W55 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitlark, Jason A., author.
- Series:
- Library of New Testament studies ; 484.
- T & T Clark library of biblical studies
- Library of New Testament studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Hebrews--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Hebrews.
- Imperialism--Biblical teaching.
- Imperialism.
- Rome--In the Bible.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 232 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Hebrews and its imperial context
- The rhetoric of resistance : figured speech and the critique of imperial power
- Resisting assimilation : the warning against idolatry
- Resisting assimilation : a better hope
- Resisting imperial claims : the eternal city and its ruler
- Resisting imperial claims : Jesus' defeat of the devil
- Resisting imperial claims : Jesus' Herculean labor of liberation
- Resisting imperial claims : answering the theodical challenge of Flavian triumph
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-215) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780567456014
- 0567456013
- OCLC:
- 879398775
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