Description: Further DetailsTitle: Matthew and the Roman MilitaryCondition: NewSubtitle: How the Gospel Portrays and Negotiates Imperial PowerEAN: 9781978712232ISBN: 9781978712232Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress AcademicFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/15/2024Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryTopic: Ancient History, Philosophy & SpiritualityISBN-10: 1978712235Description: This book addresses the ways in which the Gospel of Matthew portrays and negotiates Roman military power. John E. Christianson argues that Matthew, writing in the years following the Jewish War, offers strategies such as avoidance, accommodation, non-violent resistance, mimicry, and dreams of divine retribution and eschatological fulfillment to help his audience cope with life in Roman Syria. With an eye toward the ways that military structures and networks of social power functioned to increase imperial control over people and territory, Christianson shows how Matthew's strategies include ways to help his audience negotiate potentially dangerous encounters with Roman military personnel. This includes texts that address the possibility of state sanctioned violence by Roman aligned rulers Herod and Antipas; the abuse of requisitioned labor in Roman angaria; Jesus' response to the direct request of a centurion with opaque motivations; a vision of retribution on Roman eagles by the eschatological Son of Man, and soldiers' response to Jesus' death and resurrection as a prelude to divine overthrow of Roman military power. In all cases, this book demonstrates how interpretation of Matthew's narrative must account for the pervasive presence of the Roman military in the ancient world.Item Height: 228mmItem Length: 150mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 399gAuthor: John E. ChristiansonRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Matthew and the Roman Military
Title: Matthew and the Roman Military
Subtitle: How the Gospel Portrays and Negotiates Imperial Power
EAN: 9781978712232
ISBN: 9781978712232
Release Date: 05/15/2024
Release Year: 2024
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
ISBN-10: 1978712235
Number of Pages: 254 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Matthew and the Roman Military : How the Gospel Portrays and Negotiates Imperial Power
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Subject: Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Christianity / History, Ancient / Rome, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2024
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: John E. Christianson
Subject Area: Religion, History
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
