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  • Tony Wilmot Memorial Library

Apostle to the conquered :

Lopez, Davina C., 1975-

Apostle to the conquered : reimagining Paul's mission / Davina C. Lopez. - Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2008. - xix, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Paul in critical contexts . - Paul in critical contexts. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-243) and index.

The Nations in Nero's Nightmare -- The Problem with the Nations -- A Gender-Critical Approach to the Problem -- Re-Imagining Paul and the Nations -- The Fate of the Nations in Roman Imperial Representation -- The Visual Representation of Roman Imperial Ideology -- Visual Traditions and the Language of Roman Conquest -- The Visual Representation of the Romans/Nations Hierarchy -- What Has Judea to Do with Britannia? -- Conclusion -- The Fate of the Nations and the Naturalization of Conquest -- Predestination and the Historicity of Roman Conquest -- The Justification and Naturalization of Roman Conquest -- The Ritualization and Eternalization of Roman Conquest -- Conclusion -- Re-Imagining Paul as Apostle to the Conquered -- "Conversion," "Call," and "Consciousness" (Gal 1:13-17) -- The Politics of the New Creation -- The Fate of the Nations in Pauline Imagination (Gal 4:21-5:1) -- Conclusion -- Dislocating Paul's Universalism -- Representing Imperial Civilization as a "Yoke of Slavery" -- (Dis)Locating Universalism -- Toward Visually Literate New Testament Studies -- Visualizing Significant Others. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

9780800662813 (alk. paper) 0800662814 (alk. paper)

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BS2651 / .L67 2008

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