Bryan, Christopher

RENDER TO CAESAR: JESUS, THE EARLY CHURCH, AND THE ROMAN SUPERPOWER

New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Hardcover. 185 pp; reexaminbes the attitude ofthe early Church toward imperial Rome, asserting that Jesus and the early Christians had a critique of the Roman superpower - a critique that was broadly in line with the entire biblical and prophetic tradition. RENDER TO CAESAR transforms our understanding of early Christians and their relationship to Rome and demonstrates how Jesus' teaching continues to challenge those who live under structures of government quite different fromthose that would have been envisaged by the authors of the New Testament. As New / as new. Item #71889
ISBN: 9780195183344

Price: $45.00