Class Struggle in the New Testament

Myles, Robert J. (Editor)/ Boer, Roland (Contributor)/ Cadwallader, Alan H. (Contributor)/ Crossley, James G. (Contributor)/ Elliott, Neil (Contributor)

ISBN 10: 1978702078 / ISBN 13: 9781978702073

Published by Fortress Academic, 2019

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282 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Class Struggle in the New Testament
• Publisher: Fortress Academic
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1978702078
• ISBN 13: 9781978702073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.61 kilograms

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Synopsis

Class Struggle in the New Testament engages the political and economic realities of the first century to unmask the mediation of class through several New Testament texts and traditions. Essays span a range of subfields, presenting class struggle as the motor force of history by responding to recent debates, historical data, and new evidence on the political-economic world of Jesus, Paul, and the Gospels. Chapters address collective struggles in the Gospels; the Roman military and class; the usefulness of categories like peasant, retainer, and middling groups for understanding the world of Jesus; the class basis behind the origin of archangels; the Gospels as products of elite culture; the implication of capitalist ideology upon biblical interpretation; and the New Testament’s use of slavery metaphors, populist features, and gifting practices. This book will become a definitive reference point for future discussion.

About the Authors

Roland Boer is Associate Professor in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University, Australia.

James G. Crossley is Professor of Bible at St. Mary's University Twickenham, UK. His most recent publications include Harnessing Chaos, published in paperback by Bloomsbury T&T Clark in 2016.

Christina Petterson is Honorary Research Fellow at University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and Australian National University, Australia. She has published widely on the role of Christianity in social history, both in ancient times, in colonialism and in 18th-century Europe.