John and Empire: Initial Explorations

by Warren Carter

Book Overview

In this significant and innovative contribution, Warren Carter explores John's Gospel as a work of imperial negotiation in the context of Ephesus, capital of the Roman province of Asia. Carter employs multiple methods, rejects sectarian scenarios, and builds on other Christian writings and recent studies of diaspora synagogues that combined participationist lifestyles with observance of distinctive practices to argue that imperial negotiation was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567028402
• ISBN13: 9780567028402
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"