The Message and the Kingdom
How Jesus & Paul Ignited a Revolution & Transformed the Ancient World
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The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus & Paul Ignited a Revolution & Transformed the Ancient World
Set against the backdrop of Roman imperial history, The Message
and the Kingdom demonstrates how the quest for the kingdom of God
by Jesus, Paul, and the earliest churches should be understood as
both a
spiritual journey and a political response to the "mindless acts
of violence, inequality, and injustice that characterized the kings
of
men." Horsley and Silberman reveal how the message of Jesus and Paul
was profoundly shaped by the history of their time as well as the
social conditions of the congregations to whom they preached.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800634674
- Pages 304
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Publication Date January 16, 2002
Endorsements
"This powerful and persuasive book illustrates the strength of the message of Jesus and Paul, the kingdom of God in the hamlets of Galilee, and the churches in the cities of the Roman empire as they stood together against cosmic and imperial, and personal and individual, evil."
— John Dominic Crossan, author of The Birth of Christianity
"The panoply and power of the Roman empire, the grandeur of Herodian Jerusalem, the disorienting poverty of rural Galilee and urban Judea: Horsley and Silberman walk the reader through all these distant landscapes. Their reconstruction of this lost world, drawn from archaeological data and modern social theory as well as ancient texts, gives new depth and drama to the often told story of Christian origins."
— Paula Fredriksen, author of From Jesus to Christ
— John Dominic Crossan, author of The Birth of Christianity
"The panoply and power of the Roman empire, the grandeur of Herodian Jerusalem, the disorienting poverty of rural Galilee and urban Judea: Horsley and Silberman walk the reader through all these distant landscapes. Their reconstruction of this lost world, drawn from archaeological data and modern social theory as well as ancient texts, gives new depth and drama to the often told story of Christian origins."
— Paula Fredriksen, author of From Jesus to Christ
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
- Heavenly Visions
- Remaking the Galilee
- Faith Healer
- Power and Public Order
- Preaching the Word
- Reviving the Nations
- Assemblies of the Saints
- Spirits in Conflict
- Storming the Kingdom
- The Triumph of Caesar
- Keeping the Faith
Timeline 1: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Timeline 2: The Career of Paul
Bibliographical Notes
Bibliography
Index
Map 1: The Province of Judea and Surrounding Regions in the Time of Jesus
Map 2: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Time of Paul
Prologue: Searching for Jesus