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Document Details : Title: Anti-Imperial Subtexts in Paul Subtitle: An Attempt at Building a Firmer Foundation Author(s): WHITE, Joel Journal: Biblica Volume: 90 Issue: 3 Date: 2009 Pages: 305-333 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.90.3.3188912 Abstract : This article argues that, though it cannot be doubted that there is a subversive quality to Paul’s letters, attempts to identify subversive subtexts have failed due to their preoccupation with what is deemed inherently subversive vocabulary. A better approach to grounding Paul’s anti-imperial theology is to recognize that he affirmed the subversive late Second temple Jewish-apocalyptic, and particularly Danielic, narrative that viewed Rome as final earthly kingdom that will be destroyed by the coming of God’s kingdom. |
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