Michael Kochenash is postdoctoral research fellow in Christian studies at Hunan University’s Yuelu Academy.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Introduction1. Reading Luke and Acts within the Context of the Roman EmpirePart II: Juxtaposing Foundational Figures2. Imperial Genealogies and Adam as God’s Son3. Movement of Capital and Jesus’s Teachings4. Commissions for Violence and Jesus’s AscensionPart III: Juxtaposing Expressions of Inclusion5. Aeneas: A Roman Way to Structure Luke’s Narrative6. Imperial Violence and the Resuscitation of Tabitha7. Status Inequality and Cornelius’s Obeisance8. Divine Duplicities and Luke’s Union of Jews and GentilesPart IV: Epilogue9. Summary and ReflectionsBibliographyAbout the Author

Classicists and ancient historians will benefit from Kochenash’s summary studies of various aspects of Roman imperial ideology (some deserving monographs in their own right) and exercise of power and one New Testament voice on these issues. They might be surprised to what extent primarily religious books like the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles reflect their historical origin and background and participate in their own way in ancient discourses about power and rule.

Michael Kochenash is postdoctoral research fellow in Christian studies at Hunan University’s Yuelu Academy.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Introduction1. Reading Luke and Acts within the Context of the Roman EmpirePart II: Juxtaposing Foundational Figures2. Imperial Genealogies and Adam as God’s Son3. Movement of Capital and Jesus’s Teachings4. Commissions for Violence and Jesus’s AscensionPart III: Juxtaposing Expressions of Inclusion5. Aeneas: A Roman Way to Structure Luke’s Narrative6. Imperial Violence and the Resuscitation of Tabitha7. Status Inequality and Cornelius’s Obeisance8. Divine Duplicities and Luke’s Union of Jews and GentilesPart IV: Epilogue9. Summary and ReflectionsBibliographyAbout the Author

Classicists and ancient historians will benefit from Kochenash’s summary studies of various aspects of Roman imperial ideology (some deserving monographs in their own right) and exercise of power and one New Testament voice on these issues. They might be surprised to what extent primarily religious books like the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles reflect their historical origin and background and participate in their own way in ancient discourses about power and rule.

Michael Kochenash is postdoctoral research fellow in Christian studies at Hunan University’s Yuelu Academy.

• List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPart I: Introduction1. Reading Luke and Acts within the Context of the Roman EmpirePart II: Juxtaposing Foundational Figures2. Imperial Genealogies and Adam as God’s Son3. Movement of Capital and Jesus’s Teachings4. Commissions for Violence and Jesus’s AscensionPart III: Juxtaposing Expressions of Inclusion5. Aeneas: A Roman Way to Structure Luke’s Narrative6. Imperial Violence and the Resuscitation of Tabitha7. Status Inequality and Cornelius’s Obeisance8. Divine Duplicities and Luke’s Union of Jews and GentilesPart IV: Epilogue9. Summary and ReflectionsBibliographyAbout the Author

Classicists and ancient historians will benefit from Kochenash’s summary studies of various aspects of Roman imperial ideology (some deserving monographs in their own right) and exercise of power and one New Testament voice on these issues. They might be surprised to what extent primarily religious books like the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles reflect their historical origin and background and participate in their own way in ancient discourses about power and rule.