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4.0 out of 5 starsKing Jesus vs. The Emperor
By James R. V. Matichuk on May 3, 2013
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The influence of post-colonial approaches to biblical hermeneutics and other recent scholarship has meant that the New Testament has been read with an eye towards its sociopolitical implications. Modern authors as diverse as Warren Carter, John Dominic Crossan, Richard Horsley, and N.T. Wright have observed that declaring that Jesus was the Son of God and Lord in a first century Roman context, offered an implicit critique of the emperor. If Jesus is Lord than Caesar is not.

Jesus is Lord Caesar is Not: Evaluating Empire in New Testament Studies edited by Scot McKnight and Joseph B Modica
While these readings have been insightful and instructive, Scot McKnight and Joseph Modica have gathered a team of scholars who offer a chastened view of the empire-critical approach. All of the essays in Jesus is Lord, Caesar is Not acknowledge that the Lordship of Christ would cause some degree of enmity with Imperial Rome. So nowhere do the authors of this book suggest that there are not political implications to believing the gospel; yet they do point out where the contemporary case against the emperor, waged in the academy, goes beyond the bounds of the New Testament witness. An exclusively political reading of the Bible obscures other dimensions of the gospel proclamation.

Jesus is Lord, Caesar is Not divides into ten chapters. The forward, introduction and first couple of chapters look at the broad theme of empire and the New Testament. The remaining chapters examine various New Testament books assessing what they say (and do not say) about empire and recent literature. Andy Crouch`s forward teases out some of the implications of this study and sums up its insights.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsGood Critique but Lacking.
By Henry T Imler on July 19, 2013
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Over the last 18 years anti-imperial and postcolonial readings of the New Testament have become fashionable. Formidable scholars like N. T. Wright advocate such readings. But how well do they hold up to scrutiny? Scot McKnight and Joseph Modica have edited together a book to answer that question.

I found the book to be a helpful introductory work in the area of empire and postcolonial criticism. The first essay is a nice summary of Roman ideology, philosophy and theology. The second essay gives a helpful intro into the field of empire criticism of the NT. The rest of the book looks at certain books of the NT and evaluates the use of empire criticism.

I agree with the consensus evaluation of the writers that the NT isn't so much anti-empire, specifically anti-Rome, but rather sees Jesus as the fulfillment of Old Testament eschatology and apocalyptic hope. The OT looked for Israel's God to return to Jerusalem and restore the Davidic monarchy and rule over the nations. In other words, God will defeat the pagan nations through his servant, the Messiah, and establish himself as king over all. The Gospels and Paul are trying to teach the Jew+Gentile church how to live out Jesus as God fulfilling this hope.

The major setback of this book isn't so much what is says, but what it doesn't. The authors spend so much time talking about the shortcomings of anti-imperial readings that they fail to say how it is helpful. They look at specific passages to show how postcolonial doesn't work. But they will also say its helpful and then never get more specific than that. I would have liked to have seen a more evenhanded approach. In discussing the Gospels, they mention how the presentation of Pontus Pilate (the closest thing to a standin for Rome) isn't a negative presentation.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsGood But Understanding the NT Writers Lies Somewhere In Between
By Biblical Reader on November 30, 2013
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Jesus is Lord Not Caesar
I gave this book 4 stars rather than 5 because it doesn’t provide a lot of new information. The basic thesis of the book is that the New Testament writers are not anti-imperial but rather simply saying that Jesus and God are above Caesar. While I think this perspective is closer to what the New Testament writers are emphasizing rather than the anti-imperialism expressed by Horsley, Elliott, and Georgi, it is probably better to see the New Testament in relation to the Roman Empire in terms of a continuum. The very fact that the New Testament writers are portraying Jesus and God with words that are used to describe the emperor is subversive too some extent as can be seen in how the community reacts to Paul in Acts 7.
Can one be subversive without actively seeking to undermine and overthrow the government? I think so. Can passive resistance, (like turning the other cheek) be subversive precisely because it is so different from the methods of Rome? I think so. The very fact that Paul is lifting up faith, hope and love rather than the Emperor’s virtues of justice, peace, security, harmony and victory is subversive.
One important point that none of the writers in “Jesus Is Lord, Not Caesar” mention is the reason why the writers of the New Testament don’t attack the Roman Empire more than they do. It is true that the New Testament writers see Satan and not the Roman Empire as their main enemy; but no mention is made of the fact that the NT writers believe that it is wrong to have a judgmental attitude toward those power. This point can be seen in Douglas Campell’s interpretation of Romans 1-3 found in “Deliverance.” It may also explain why slavery is not condemned. Colossians and Ephesians encourage masters to treat their slaves with compassion rather than command that they set their slaves free.
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