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Greater than Caesar : Christology and empire in the Fourth Gospel / Tom Thatcher.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2009.Description: xx, 172 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780800663391 (alk. paper)
  • 080066339X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Greater than Caesar.DDC classification:
  • 226.5/06 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2615.6.R65 T53 2009
Contents:
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.
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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 226.506 T367G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 048117

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.

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