Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society

Title Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 11
General Introduction......Page 15
PART I: THE GOSPEL OF IMPERIAL SALVATION......Page 23
Introduction......Page 24
1. Laus Imperii / P. A. Brunt......Page 39
2. Who Is the True Prophet? / Dieter Georgi......Page 50
3. Rituals and Power / S.R.E. Price......Page 61
4. The Power of Images / Paul Zanker......Page 86
PART II: PATRONAGE, PRIESTHOODS, AND POWER......Page 101
Introduction......Page 102
5. Patronal Power Relations / Peter Garnsey & Richard Saller......Page 110
6. Patronage in Roman Corinth / John K. Chow......Page 118
7. The Veil of Power / Richard Gordon......Page 140
PART III: PAUL'S COUNTER-IMPERIAL GOSPEL......Page 153
Introduction......Page 154
8. God Turned Upside Down / Dieter Georgi......Page 162
9. Imperial Ideology and Paul's Eschatology in 1 Thessalonians / Helmut Koester......Page 172
10. The Anti-Imperial Message of the Cross / Neil Elliott......Page 181
11. Romans 13:1-7 in the Context of Imperial Propaganda / Neil Elliott......Page 198
PART IV: BUILDING AN ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY......Page 219
Introduction......Page 220
12. The Imperial Cults of Thessalonica and Political Conflict in 1 Thessalonians / Karl P. Donfried......Page 229
13. The Praxis of Coequal Discipleship / Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza......Page 238
14. 1 Corinthians: A Case Study of Paul's Assembly as an Alternative Society / Richard A. Horsely......Page 256
Index......Page 267