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