Gospels and the Roman Empire

Jillian D. Nelson is Adjunct Instructor for Texas Christian University.Adam Winn is the S. Louis and Ann W. Armstrong Professor and Chair of the Department of Biblical and Religious Studies at Samford University

• Introduction, Jillian D. NelsonChapter One: The Narratives of Roman Imperial Power, Warren CarterChapter Two: New Insights into the Genre of the Canonical Gospels and Their Composition, Elizabeth J. B. CorsarChapter Three: “Not Like Them”: (Re) Considering the Gospel of Mark as Subversive-Political Biography, Justin Marc SmithChapter Four: Building Disciples or Discipling Building?: Construction Scenes in Luke’s Gospel, Anna M. V. BowdenChapter Five: The Money Could Have Been Given to the Poor: The Military and the Monetization of the Economy in the Gospel of Mark, Christopher B. ZeichmannChapter Six: Gospels, Ritual, Purity, and Ethnicity and the Roman World, R. Alan StreettChapter Seven: A Palm Parade, Hidden Transcripts, and the Politics of Peace in the Fourth Gospel, Arthur M. Wright, Jr.Chapter Eight: Assessing Bodies in Matthew’s Gospel: How Matthew “Fleshes Out” Claims for Jesus’s Status and Authority, Annelies Gisela MoeserChapter Nine: There is neither Jew nor Greek? Postcolonial Trauma and the Destruction of the Second Temple, Joseph McDonaldChapter Ten: The Herodians and Roman Imperial Engagement in the Synoptic Gospels, Adam Winn

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!