The political aims of Jesus /

Oakman, Douglas E.

The political aims of Jesus / Douglas E. Oakman. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2012. - xiii, 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.157-176) and indexes.

Revisiting Reimarus -- Conceptualizing Roman imperial patronage politics -- Power and imperium -- The tables and the table -- Worldly power and cosmic powers -- Revising Reimarus -- Concluding postscientific postscript: The "Fifth force" and Jesus' politics today.

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Jesus Christ.


Christianity and politics.


Palestine--History--To 70 A.D.
Palestine--Economic conditions.

BT205 / .O25 2012

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