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Hidden criticism? the methodology and plausibility of the search for a counter-imperial subtext in Paul

Heilig, Christoph 1990- (author.).

Summary: Paul has been regarded as being uncritical of the Roman Empire for a long time, not least because of his apparent call to obey the state in Rom 13:1-7. However, recent scholarship has questioned this assumption by pointing to ""hidden criticism"" in the letters of the apostle. But how can we decide, in a methodologically sound way, whether such a counter-imperial message lies beneath the surface of the text? On the basis of insights from the philosophy of science, Christoph Heilig suggests several analytical steps for examining this paradigm.

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ISBN: 3161537955
ISBN: 9783161537950
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages)
Publisher: Tübingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2015]
Copyright: ©2015

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-179) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Analogy. Introduction -- Analysis of Somn. 2 -- Conclusions -- 2. Approach. Counter-imperial "echoes" in the subtext -- Evaluating hypotheses -- "Echoes" of the Empire -- Excursus: Inference to the best explanation -- 3. Discourse context. Introduction -- James C. Scott's categories -- Application to the Pauline letter -- 4. Roman context. The public transcript -- Roman ideology in the environment of Paul -- 5. Pauline context. Counter-imperial attitude? -- From attitude to expression : modifications of the echo-hypothesis -- 6. Explanatory context. Introducing explanatory potential -- Establishing parallels between Paul and the Empire -- From intertextuality to criticism : neutral parallel or antithesis? -- 7. Conclusions.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.