Richard A. Horlsey is Professor of Classics and Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is author of Galilee: History, Politics, People; Archaeology, History, and Society in Galilee: The Social Context of Jesus and the Rabbis; and editor of Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society, all published by Trinity Press.
No Quote -The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 67, 2005
"...offers rich potential for new models for reading of Paul,
potential which could participate in a complete re-imagining of
both ‘Roman-ness' and ‘Paul' in New Testament studies. The book's
essays are very focused, brief, and clearly followed. They will
provide very fine conversation starters/partners for both students
and mature scholars of Paul, the earliest Christian contexts and
the socio-political environment of the early Roman Empire."
-- The Bible and Critical Theory, Vol. 1 No. 3, 2005
"Adopting the perspective that "Paul's gospel of Christ" was
opposed to the Roman Empire rather than to Judaism, each paper
explores specific underlying anti-imperial issues in Paul's
letters." Religious Studies Review Vol. 31 Issue 1&2,
January/April, 2005
"Most of the authors find subtle conflict between Paul's view of
human life and the order of the world and the values of the world
view of the Roman Empire. Issues such as the displacement of
people, slavery, patronage, and the imperial cult were all points
that Paul and his theological vision stood in conflict, however
subtle, with the Roman imperium. This attention to the political
context of Paul's mission is an important aspect of understanding
Paul's theology" -The Bible Today, July / August 2004
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"Reading Paul in the context of resistance to the Roman imperial
order (rather than as a critic of Judaism) has led to a revolution
in Pauline studies. In this volume, Richard Horsley adds to his
already distinquished group of edited volumes that demonstrate the
dramatic new insights that result from this socio-political context
for understanding the ministry of the apostle Paul."--Rosemary
Radford Ruether, Carpenter Professor of Feminist Theology, Graduate
Theological Union, Berkeley, California
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"This fine collection of cutting edge scholarship continues the
important task of re-locating Paul, not as an opponent of Judaism
but as an opponent of Rome's imperial order: its claims, sanctions,
and societal experience encountered in the empire's provincial
cities."--Warren Carter, Ph.D., Pherigo Professor New Testament
Saint Paul School of Theology
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"Probably no one more than Richard Horsley has so heightened our
awareness of the importance of political and economic issues
inhering in - and not merely framing - the early Jesus movement and
the letters of Paul. This volume of essays that he edits bring
together seasoned, creative scholars to consider these issues and
to be engaged by Simon Price, Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History
(Oxford), in a quite engaging way. This nice fruit of the Paul and
Politics Group of the Society of Biblical Literature brings makes
consideration of the Roman Imperial Order quite provocative and
exciting, and the fruit is accessible and nourishing to students at
all levels."--Calvin J. Roetzel, Arnold Lowe Professor of Religious
Studies, Macalester College
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"With his latest volume, Horsley continues the work of challenging
Pauline scholars to attend to other fields of study--in this case,
Roman Imperial history--that have the potential to shatter the
traditional theological orientation to Paul. The essays in this
volume do not merely provide background from the Roman context;
rather, they offer exceptionally original interpretations of
Pauline texts and themes by foregrounding key aspects of Imperial
Rome, and they make for exciting and provocative reading as a
result!--Pamela Eisenbaum,
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"Richard Horsley's scholarly work forced us to abandon "the
unhistorical quest for the apolitical Jesus." Now he has turned his
attention to "the unhistorical portrayal of an apolitical Paul."
The collection of essays in this volume contextualizes Paul in the
Roman imperial order of the first century. The contributors to this
volume offer fresh and unexpected readings of familiar passages
while providing richly textured information about the context of
Paul's letters and struggles. This is a "must read" for anyone
interested in the setting of Paul and his letters."--William R.
Herzog II, Sallie Knowles Crozer Professor of New Testament
Interpretation, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
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