The Gospels and the Roman Empire

These essays show that questions of empire and imperialism remain vital in Gospel studies, and offer new vistas on more specific questions today. Not to be missed! * Neil Elliott, author of Liberating Paul: The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle (1994), The Arrogance of Nations: Reading Romans in the Shadow of Empire (2008), and Paul the Jew under Roman Rule (2024), among other works * This essay collection on the connections between the New Testament and the Roman empire advances the field of inquiry through providing readers with multiple accessible entry points, theoretical frameworks, historical comparisons, and exegetical propositions. Those interested in interdisciplinary explorations of canonical gospel narratives in their complex historical and cultural contexts will find much with which to think in this volume. A most welcome resource that charts future interpretive directions. * Davina C. Lopez, Loy H. Witherspoon Professor of Christian Origins, University of North Carolina at Charlotte * The shadow of the Roman Empire looms large in the composition of the New Testament Gospels. In these collected essays, these imperial contexts and subtexts are named in clarifying ways, analyzed in refreshing approaches, and interpreted anew, arguing together that critical attention to the many yet subtle ways the Empire inflected the Gospels remains a critical site of study for New Testament scholars today. * Eric D. Barreto, Princeton Theological Seminary *