Christ and Caesar: The Gospel and the Roman Empire in the Writings of Paul and Luke

The slogan "Paul and the Empire" is much in vogue in New Testament scholarship today. But did Paul truly formulate his gospel in antithesis to the Roman imperial cult and ideology and seek to subvert the Empire? In Christ and Caesar Seyoon Kim first examines five epistles of Paul exegetically and shows how the dominant anti-imperial interpretation is actually difficult to sustain.Next he examines the Lukan writings (Luke-Acts) to see how Luke talks about the encounters of Paul and other gospel preachers with Roman imperialism. Kim explores why it is that Luke makes no effort to present Christ's redemption as materialized in terms of political liberation. Finally, Kim compares the exaltation Christologies of Luke, Revelation, Paul, and Hebrews and inquires about the hermeneutical possibility of developing a political Christology in our present-day context.

Author: Seyoon Kim
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780802860088

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 29

About the Author
Kim, Seyoon: - Seyoon Kim is professor of New Testament and associate deanfor the Korean D.Min. program at Fuller TheologicalSeminary, Pasadena, California. Among his other books areThe Origin of Paul's Gospel, "The Son ofMan" as the Son of God, and Paul and the NewPerspective.

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