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dc.contributor.advisorCarter, Warren
dc.contributor.authorChristianson, John E.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-03T15:55:21Z
dc.date.available2020-01-03T15:55:21Z
dc.date.created2020en_US
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.identifiercat-005430310
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/36205
dc.description.abstractUsing an empire-critical approach to read the Gospel of Matthew, I argue that the gospel writer constructs and negotiates Roman military power in a variety of ways. Matthew's narrative is filled with scenes that feature Roman military personnel (including soldiers, centurions, and allied rulers) and expressions of imperial power (including requisitioned labor and the threat and use of state-sanctioned violence against dissenting civilians). Matthew also portrays Jesus and his followers negotiating the Roman imperial context by avoidance, compliance, mimicry, non-violent resistance, and envisioning divine judgment/retribution and eschatological restoration. The result of this portrayal is a message of hope for those whom must cope with daily experiences of living under Roman rule: that in the work, message, resurrection, and eschatological return of Jesus God is already at work to establish an alternative and preferred reality, the Kingdom (Empire) of God.
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dc.titleThe Construction of and Negotiation with the Roman Military in Matthew's Gospelen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
etd.degree.departmentBrite Divinity School
etd.degree.levelDoctoral
local.collegeBrite Divinity School
local.departmentBrite Divinity School
local.academicunitBrite Divinity School
dc.type.genreDissertation
local.subjectareaReligion (Brite)
etd.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
etd.degree.grantorBrite Divinity School


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