John's Gospel in the New Perspective: Christology and the Realities of Roman Power [Paperback]

Richard J. Cassidy (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Orbis Books (November 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883448181
• ISBN-13: 978-0883448182
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,972,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars This book is very significant for Johannine studies!, September 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: John's Gospel in the New Perspective: Christology and the Realities of Roman Power (Paperback)

This book is very significant for Johannine studies. As well as documenting telling connections between Johannine Christianity's religious commitments against their Roman backdrops, this book demolishes the naive view that because Roman persecution of Christians is not documented in Roman historical records until the third century one cannot infer the Roman empire was a source of hardship for Christians in the first and second centuries CE. Cassidy builds a convincing picture, based on the events between the reigns of Vespasian and Tatian, of what interactions with the empire may have been like for Mediterranean residents of the early Christian era. All it takes is some local enforcement of empirial clout for the Roman presence to have been experienced as problematic for Christians and Jews during this era.

Paul N. Anderson

Visiting Associate Professor of New Testament, Yale Divinity School

5.0 out of 5 stars Tightly written. Covers areas other exegetists haven't., March 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: John's Gospel in the New Perspective: Christology and the Realities of Roman Power (Paperback)

This was a really interesting book and covered aspects of the New Testament period and early Christianity that usually is not considered adequately, namely the setting of the Roman Empire and what effects this might have had on Chrsitianity and the early Church. The book is thoughtful.