Resisting empire: rethinking the purpose of the letter to "the Hebrews"
Introduction : Hebrews and its imperial context -- The rhetoric of resistance : figured speech and the critique of imperial power -- Resisting assimilation : the warning against idolatry -- Resisting assimilation : a better hope -- Resisting imperial claims : the eternal city and its ruler -- Resist...
| Summary: | Introduction : Hebrews and its imperial context -- The rhetoric of resistance : figured speech and the critique of imperial power -- Resisting assimilation : the warning against idolatry -- Resisting assimilation : a better hope -- Resisting imperial claims : the eternal city and its ruler -- Resisting imperial claims : Jesus' defeat of the devil -- Resisting imperial claims : Jesus' Herculean labor of liberation -- Resisting imperial claims : answering the theodical challenge of Flavian triumph -- Conclusion |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-215) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0567456013 |