Introduction: Christians, Jews, and Roman power
Part 1. Jewish communities in the shadows of the empire. The Kittim and hints of hybridity in the Dead Sea Scrolls / George J. Brooke
The politics of exclusion : expulsions of Jews and others from Rome / Birgit van der Lans
Memoria Iudati patiri : some notes to the study of the beginnings of Jewish presence in Roman Pannonia / N ora D avid. Part II. Contextualizing New Testament texts with the empire. Imperial politics in Paul : scholarly phantom or actual textual phenomenon? / Anders Klostergaard Petersen
Das Markusevangelium
eine ideologie- und imperiumskritsche Schrift : ein blick in die Auslegungsgeschichte / Martin Meiser
"Ein Beispiel habe ich euch gegeben ..." (John 13,15) : die Diakonie Jesu und die Diakonie der Christen in der johanneischen Fu waschungserz ahlung als Konterkarierung r omischer Alltagskultur / Klaus Scholtissek. Part III. Imperial idology and other early Christian texts. The Shepherd of Hermas and the Roman Empire / Mstk T.V. Htunfrkrn
Noble death or death cult? : pagan criticism of early Christian martyrdom / Paul Middleton
Nero redivivus as a subject of early Christian arcane teaching / Marco Frenschkowski.
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Contents
Introduction
Christians, Jews, and Roman Power
Outi Lehtipuu & Michael Labahn
Part I
Jewish Communities in the Shadows of the Empire
The Kittim and Hints of Hybridity in the Dead Sea Scrolls
George J. Brooke, University of Manchester
The Politics of Exclusion
Expulsions of Jews and Others from Rome
Birgit van der Lans, University of Groningen
Μεμορια Iudati patiri
Some Notes to the Study of the Beginnings of Jewish Presence in Roman Pannonia
N ora D avid, University of Vienna
Part II
Contextualizing New Testament Texts with the Empire
Imperial Politics in Paul
Scholarly Phantom or Actual Textual Phenomenon
Anders Klostergaard Petersen, University of Aarhus
Das Markusevangelium
eine ideologie- und imperiumskritische Schrift
Ein Blick in die Auslegungsgeschichte
Martin Meiser, Universit at des Saarlandes
"Ein Beispiel habe ich euch gegeben ..." (Joh 13,15)
Die Diakonie Jesu und die Diakonie der Christen in der johanneischen Fu waschungserz ahlung als Konterkarierung r omischer Alltagskultur*
Klaus Scholtissek, Friedrich-Schiller-Universit at Jena
Part III
Imperial Ideology and Other Early Christian Texts
The Shepherd of Hermas and the Roman Empire
Mark R.C. Grundeken, Catholic University of Leuven
Noble Death or Death Cult
Pagan Criticism of Early Christian Martyrdom
Paul Middleton, University of Chester
Nero Redivivus as a Subject of Early Christian Arcane Teaching
Marco Frenschkowski, University of Leipzig
A Selection of Ancient Sources.