The gods of life

Elliott, Neil

Macmillan

Elliott offers a fresh and surprising reinterpretation of Paul's 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 people's 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 Paul's confrontation with the arrogance of empire - and with an emerging Christianity already tempted by the seductive ideology of imperial power. The Arrogance of Nations explores such topics as: Empire and the 'obedience of faith'; Justice and the arrogance of nations; Mercy and the prerogatives of power; Piety and the scandal of an irreligious race; Virtue and the fortunes of peoples; and Paul and the horizon of the possible.

The Arrogance of Nations: Reading Romans in the Shadow of Empire (Paul in Critical Contexts)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Fortress Press

--Larger one-volume format --Introductions to the liturgical seasons with an eye toward preaching --Overviews and brief exegesis of the lessons and homiletical reflections on their themes --References to culture, media, and contemporary events and practical suggestions for incorporating these in sermons --Wider margins for note-taking Designed for those who use the Revised Common Lectionary, the Roman Catholic lectionary, and the Episcopal lectionary, New Proclamation assists preachers in: --Understanding the biblical readings --Developing effective, Gospel-centered sermons faithful to the texts and the liturgical seasons --Preaching the Gospel in a way that is true to the Christian tradition and relevant for our day

New Proclamation: Year B, 2000, Easter Through Pentecost

Maloney, Linda M.

Senn, Frank C.

Lathrop, Gordon

The latest New Proclamation volume helps preachers write better sermons for the last half of the church year. It offers first-class exegesis and homiletical advice, important observations about the liturgical season and setting, and an array of features to help spark the homiletical imagination and connect the readings to contemporary life and culture.

New Proclamation: Year C, 2004, Easter Through Pentecost

MOESSNER, JEANNE STEVENSON

Hogan, Lucy Lind

Carlson, Richard Paul

The Rhetoric of Romans: Argumentative Constraint: and Strategy and Paul's Dialogue with Judaism

Documents and Images for the Study of Paul gathers representative texts illustrating Jewish practices, Greco-Roman moral exhortation, biblical interpretation, Roman ideology, apocalyptic vision, epistolary conventions, and more to illustrate the complex cultural environment in which Paul carried out his apostolic work and the manifold ways in which his legacy was reshaped in early Christianity. Brief, insightful introductions orient the reader to the significance of these sources for contemporary interpretations of Paul's life and thought. Photographs illustrate the visual environment of the Greco-Roman world; a map, a timeline, and an index of scripture passages make the sourcebook the perfect companion text in courses on Paul and his letters. A companion website offers ancillary materials.

Documents and Images for the Study of Paul

Reasoner, Mark

Neil Elliott offers an interpretation of Paul's letter to the Romans in the context of Roman imperial ideology, setting it alongside Roman works and bringing to the text recent insights from classical studies, rhetorical criticism, postcolonial criticism and people's history.

The Arrogance of Nations, paperback edition: Reading Romans in the Shadow of Empire (Paul in Critical Contexts)

Liberating Paul: The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle (The Bible & Liberation)

Orbis Books

Some of the most heated contests around the apostle Paul today concern the effort to understand him wholly "within Judaism," and the effort to interpret him over against the culture and ideology of the early Roman Empire. In this collection of essays, Neil Elliott shows that these two conversations belong together and must be resolved together, by understanding Paul as a Jew living out Israel's ancient hopes under the pressures of Roman imperial power.

Paul the Jew under Roman Rule: Collected Essays

Cascade Books

The apostle Paul has long been championed, or criticized, as a Christian thinker, as a brilliant theological genius, or an enthusiastic convert who spun arguments to justify his new allegiances. In these essays, Neil Elliott engages some of the most provocative currents in contemporary scholarship, including Paul and the nature of violence; the presumptions of religious, cultural, or national innocence in particular interpretations of the apostle; the recent enthusiasm for Paul in some streams of Marxist thought; competing construals of economic realities in Paul's day (and our own); and questions surrounding Paul's legacy today.

Currents in the Interpretation of Paul: Collected Essays

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

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