Jesus and empire : the kingdom of God and the new world disorder

Building on his earlier studies of Jesus, Galilee, and the social upheavals in Roman Palestine, Horsley focuses his attention on how Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God relates to Roman and Herodian power politics. In addition he examines how modern ideologies relate to Jesus' proclamation. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 America's Ambiguous Identity......Page 10 Separating Religion and Domesticating Jesus......Page 14 A Depoliticized Jesus......Page 15 A Depoliticized Judea and Galilee......Page 18 A Depoliticized Roman Empire......Page 20 Investigating Jesus and the Empire......Page 22 1. Roman Imperialism: The New World Disorder......Page 24 Israel under Empire......Page 25 The Rise of Rome......Page 26 Expansion of the Roman Empire into the Middle East......Page 27 Roman Imperialism......Page 29 "Orientalism" and "Globalization"......Page 30 Emperor Cult and Patronage Pyramids......Page 31 "Bread and Circus"......Page 33 The Glory of Victory......Page 35 Terror and Vengeance......Page 36 Humiliation......Page 39 Indirect Rule through Kings and High Priests......Page 40 Repeated Revolts......Page 44 Israelite Tradition(s) and the Social Location of Resistance......Page 46 Protest, Resistance, and Terrorism by Scribal Groups......Page 48 The Qumran Community, the Pharisees, and Other Circles of Scribes/Sages......Page 49 "The Fourth Philosophy"--Refusal to Pay Tribute to the Romans......Page 50 The (Counter)Terrorism of the Sicarii......Page 51 Protests by the Jerusalem Crowd......Page 54 Popular Protests in the Countryside......Page 56 Popular Prophetic and Messianic Movements......Page 58 Hidden Forms of Resistance......Page 62 3. Toward a Relational Approach to Jesus......Page 64 Multiple Aspects in Considering a Historical Leader......Page 65 Historical Conditions of and for Jesus-in-Movement in Roman Palestine......Page 68 Cultural Tradition......Page 70 The Gospels as Communication and Historical Sources......Page 72 "Text" (the Message in Communication)......Page 74 Context (of Communication)......Page 76 Tradition......Page 78 Gospels as Bold Declarations of a Popular Movement......Page 80 The Gospel of Mark......Page 81 The Sequence of Jesus' Speeches Known as Q......Page 84 4. God's Judgment of the Roman Imperial Order......Page 88 A Basic Pattern in Israelite Tradition......Page 90 Further Opposition to Rulers in Israelite Tradition......Page 92 Conditions of Social Conflict under Roman Rule in Palestine......Page 94 Jesus' Prophetic Condemnation of the Temple and High Priests......Page 95 Prophetic Pronouncement of God's Judgment of Jerusalem Rulers in Q......Page 96 Demonstration and Prophecies against the Temple and High Priests in Mark......Page 100 Tribute to Caesar......Page 107 Roman Imperialism Implicated in Jesus' Exorcisms......Page 108 5. Covenantal Community and Cooperation......Page 114 Healing the Effects of Imperialism......Page 115 Expelling Alien Occupying Forces......Page 116 Healing the Social Body......Page 117 Instilling Hope in a Hopeless Situation......Page 118 Counteracting Social Disintigration......Page 119 Working in Village Communities......Page 120 Renewing Covenantal Communities......Page 122 Jesus' Covenant Renewal Speech in Q......Page 125 Jesus' Covenant Renewal in Mark......Page 130 Jesus' Alternative to the Roman Imperial Order......Page 135 The Empire Strikes Back......Page 138 The Empire Did Not Have the Last Word......Page 141 Or Did It . . . ?......Page 144 America's Manifest Destiny: The New Rome......Page 146 The Sole Superpower......Page 149 Transformation of American Empire: The New World Disorder......Page 152 Recent Resistance......Page 154 Jesus and American Empire......Page 156 Abbreviations......Page 160 Introduction: American Identity and a Depoliticized Jesus......Page 162 1. Roman Imperialism: The New World Disorder......Page 164 2. Resistance and Rebellion in Judea and Galilee......Page 166 3. Toward a Relational Approach to Jesus......Page 169 4. God's Judgment of the Roman Imperial Order......Page 173 5. Covenantal Community and Cooperation......Page 177 Epilogue: Christian Empire and American Empire......Page 179 Index of Ancient Sources......Page 182