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020 _a9780567027030 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a0567027031 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 _a9780567028402 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a0567028402 (pbk. : alk. paper)
050 _aBS2615.52
_b.C36 2008
100 _aCarter, Warren, 1955-
245 _aJohn and empire :
_binitial explorations /
_cWarren Carter
260 _aNew York :
_bT & T Clark,
_cc2008
300 _axii, 423 p. ;
_c24 cm
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 _aInvisible Rome : reading John's Gospel -- Synagogues, Jesus-believers, and Rome's empire : bridges and boundaries -- Expressions of Roman power in Ephesus -- Negotiating the imperial present by turning to the past : Artemis, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus wisdom -- Genre as imperial negotiation : ancient biography and John's Gospel -- The plot of John's Gospel -- Images and titles for Jesus in the Roman imperial context -- Eternal Rome and eternal life -- John's father and the emperor as father of the fatherland -- The sacred identity of John's Jesus - believers -- The governor and the King/Emperor : Pilate and Jesus (John 18:28-19:22) -- Where's Jesus? apotheosis and ascension
630 _2Bible. John
_xCriticism, interpretation, etc
942 _2lcc
_cBK