Render to Caesar: Jesus, the Early Church, and the Roman Superpower. By Christopher Bryan. Pp. xii + 185. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. isbn 0 19 518334 7. £14.99
Christopher Bryan's latest monograph is the epitome of balanced scholarship. He carefully elucidates the middle ground between seeing Jesus and the early Christian movement as either apolitical or as political revolutionaries. The Prologue clearly summarizes his thesis. He is convinced that the...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 638-641 |
| Review of: | Render to Caesar (New York : Oxford University Press, 2005) (Pietersen, Lloyd)
Render to Caesar (New York : Oxford University Press, 2005) (Pietersen, Lloyd) |
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| Summary: | Christopher Bryan's latest monograph is the epitome of balanced scholarship. He carefully elucidates the middle ground between seeing Jesus and the early Christian movement as either apolitical or as political revolutionaries. The Prologue clearly summarizes his thesis. He is convinced that the early Christians did offer a critique of the Roman superpower in line with the biblical, especially prophetic, tradition, but that this critique consisted of confronting the political powers with the truth about their origin and purpose rather than an attempt to remove those powers and replace them with some alternative., Chapter 1 provides a brief survey of Israel's varied responses to being subjugated by other nations, from Egypt through to the Greeks. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fll016 |