Images of Empire (JSOT Supplement)

IMAGES OF EMPIRE......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Abbreviations......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 10
Loveday Alexander: Introduction......Page 12
Further Reading......Page 18
Miriam Griffin: Urbs Roma, Plebs and Princeps......Page 20
The Ideology of Plebs and Princeps......Page 23
Tribunicia Potestas—the Ideological Key?......Page 25
The Princeps as 'Patron of the Plebs'?......Page 33
Bread and Circuses......Page 35
Why Benefit the Plebs?......Page 40
1. The Literary Structure of the Account of the Aall of Babylon......Page 48
2. Rome as the Harlot City......Page 52
3. The List of Cargoes (Revelation 18.12-13)......Page 59
4. The Mourners (Revelation 18.9-19)......Page 80
5. Additional Note on the Economic Critique of Rome in the Jewish Sibylline Oracles......Page 87
Keith Branigan: Images-or Mirages-of Empire? An Archaeological Approach to the Problem......Page 92
D.J. Mosley: Calgacus: Clash of Roman and Native......Page 108
Authorial Choices......Page 123
Why Agrippa? The Troubles of a 'Client King'......Page 127
The Realist Argument for Roman Rule......Page 130
1. Introduction......Page 136
2. The Texts......Page 138
3. The Sources......Page 143
4. The Pattern in the Sources......Page 156
5. Conclusion......Page 159
1. The Ideology of Imperium in Daniel......Page 161
2. Rome as the Fourth Kingdom......Page 168
3. Reading Daniel in Differing Circumstances......Page 169
4. Concluding Remarks......Page 178
Douglas R. Edwards: Surviving the Web of Roman Power: Religion and Politics in the Acts of the Apostles, Josephus, and Chariton's Chaereas and Callirhoe......Page 180
Luke: The Writer and his World......Page 182
Josephus: The Writer and his World......Page 189
Chariton: The Writer and his World......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 201
Vernon K. Robbins: Luke-Acts: A Mixed Population Seeks a Home in the Roman Empire......Page 203
1. The Implied Author's Mimetic Desire toward Rome......Page 204
2. The Power Structure of the Roman Empire and of Christianity......Page 206
3. The Eastern Roman Empire as the Workplace of Christianity......Page 212
4. Levels of Workers in the Workplace......Page 216
5, Building Alliances among a Mixed Population......Page 219
Conclusion......Page 222
Martin Goodman: Opponents of Rome: Jews and Others......Page 223
Steven Fanning: Jerome's Concepts of Empire......Page 240
Gillian Clark: Let Every Soul Be Subject: The Fathers and the Empire......Page 252
1. The Patristic Authors......Page 253
2. Patristic Exegesis......Page 255
3. Irenaeus......Page 258
4. Origen......Page 259
5. Hippolytus and Lactantius......Page 261
6. Eusebius......Page 263
7. Ambrose......Page 266
8. The Dilemma of Imperium......Page 268
9. Augustine......Page 270
10. Conclusion......Page 276
1. Heikhalot Literature......Page 277
2. The Familia Caelestis......Page 279
3. The Familia Caesaris......Page 286
4. Image and Reality......Page 288
5. Is there a Political Point?......Page 296
Index of References......Page 299
C......Page 313
H......Page 314
P......Page 315
W......Page 316
Z......Page 317
Back Matter......Page 318