Roman Imperial Ideology and the Gospel of John (Catholic Biblical Quarterly)

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
List of Abbreviations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Toward a Definition of "Augustan Ideology"......Page 14
Preliminary Investigations of the Problem......Page 17
The Purpose and Structure of this Study......Page 20
1. Neither Jew Nor Roman: Reconstructing the History of the Johannine Community......Page 24
Toward a History of the Johannine Community......Page 27
Some Secure Conclusions about the Johannine Milieu......Page 35
(a) Asia Minor as the Location of the Gospel......Page 36
(b) Increasing Gentile Presence Within the Community......Page 41
(c) The Persistence of Jewish Hostility......Page 45
Conclusion......Page 48
2. The Many Faces of Power: The Augustan Ideology in Asia Minor......Page 50
The Augustan Ideology in the First Century......Page 51
(a) The Political Aspect: Potestas and Auctoritas......Page 52
(b) The Religious Aspect: Imperial Cult......Page 57
(c) The Literary-Mythic Aspect: The Augustan Poets......Page 64
Summary......Page 73
Excommunication and Persecution: Two Challenges to Johannine Christianity......Page 74
(a) The "Socio-legal" Status of the Imperial Cult......Page 75
(b) "Made Αποσυναγωγος": The Legal Status of Johannine Christians Under Rome......Page 80
Conclusion......Page 87
3. Johannine Vocabulary: Rethinking the Language of Power......Page 89
Εξουσια, "Power"......Page 92
Ο σωτηρ του κοσμου, "The Savior of the World"......Page 105
Ο υιος του θεου, "The Son of God"......Page 114
Conclusion......Page 126
4. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Christology as Counter-Ideology in the Prologue to John's Gospel......Page 127
A Note on Method......Page 130
The Prologue as Counter-Ideology......Page 136
(a) Johannine Cosmology: In the Beginning was the Word (vv. 1-5)......Page 139
(b) Johannine Prophecy: The Witness of the Baptist: vv. 6-8......Page 150
(c) Johannine Society: The World's Rejection Overcome: vv. 9-13......Page 157
(d) Johannine Doxology: The Glory of the Only-Begotten: vv. 14-18......Page 167
Conclusion......Page 174
5. "You Are No Friend of Caesar": Anti-Roman Themes in the Johannine Passion Narrative......Page 176
"My kingship is not of this world" (18:36)......Page 180
"If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend" (19:12)......Page 189
"We have no king but Caesar" (19:15)......Page 198
Conclusion......Page 206
Conclusion......Page 208
Reference Works......Page 213
Primary Sources......Page 214
Secondary Sources......Page 215
Index of Ancient Sources......Page 236
Index of Modern Authors......Page 242
Index of Main Subjects and Greek and Latin Terms......Page 246