Christ and Caesar

<DIV>The slogan “Paul and the Empire” is much in vogue in New Testament scholarship today. But did Paul truly formulate his gospel in antithesis to the Roman imperial cult and ideology and seek to subvert the Empire? In <I>Christ and Caesar</I> Seyoon Kim first examines five epistles of Paul exegetically and shows how the dominant anti-imperial interpretation is actually difficult to sustain.<br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); /><br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); />Next he examines the Lukan writings (Luke-Acts) to see how Luke talks about the encounters of Paul and other gospel preachers with Roman imperialism. Kim explores why it is that Luke makes no effort to present Christ's redemption as materialized in terms of political liberation. Finally Kim compares the exaltation Christologies of Luke Revelation Paul and Hebrews and inquires about the hermeneutical possibility of developing a political Christology in our present-day context.<br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); /></DIV>