Greater than Caesar :
Thatcher, Tom, 1967-
Greater than Caesar : Christology and empire in the Fourth Gospel / Tom Thatcher. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2009. - xx, 172 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-167) and index.
The problem of John's Christology and the three-headed dog of Rome -- Reading the whole story : strategies of survival -- Story as subversion : John's little countermemory -- Caiaphas : Caesar's accomplice -- Pontius Pilate : truth, terror, torture -- The cross as a tale of terror : Rome's perspective -- The cross inverted : John's perspective -- The cross as triumph : the perspective of the Johannine Jesus -- The inversion of empire : faith, hope, and power.
9780800663391 (alk. paper) 080066339X (alk. paper)
2008043289
GBA918275 bnb
014909962 Uk
Bible.--John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Rome--In the Bible.
BS2615.6.R65 / T53 2009
226.5/06
Greater than Caesar : Christology and empire in the Fourth Gospel / Tom Thatcher. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2009. - xx, 172 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-167) and index.
The problem of John's Christology and the three-headed dog of Rome -- Reading the whole story : strategies of survival -- Story as subversion : John's little countermemory -- Caiaphas : Caesar's accomplice -- Pontius Pilate : truth, terror, torture -- The cross as a tale of terror : Rome's perspective -- The cross inverted : John's perspective -- The cross as triumph : the perspective of the Johannine Jesus -- The inversion of empire : faith, hope, and power.
9780800663391 (alk. paper) 080066339X (alk. paper)
2008043289
GBA918275 bnb
014909962 Uk
Bible.--John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Rome--In the Bible.
BS2615.6.R65 / T53 2009
226.5/06