The Contest for Time and Space in the Roman Imperial Cults and 1 Peter
Reconfiguring the Universe
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 17 June 2021
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9780567701442
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages216 pages
- Size 232x152x16 mm
- Weight 680 g
- Language English 162
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Long description:
Wei Hsien Wan builds on the work of David Horrell and Travis Williams for his argument that the letter of 1 Peter engages in a subtle, calculated form of resistance to Rome, that has often gone undetected. Whilst previous discussion of the topic has remained largely focused on the letter's stance toward specific Roman institutions, such as the emperor, household structures, and the imperial cults, Wan takes the conversation beyond these confines and examines 1 Peter's critique of the Roman Empire in terms of its ideology or worldview.
Using the work of James Scott to conceptualize ideological resistance against domination, Wan considers how the imperial cults of Anatolia and 1 Peter offered distinct constructions of time and space-that is, how they envisioned reality differently. Insofar as these differences led to divergent ways of conceiving the social order, they acquired political power and generated potential for conflict. Wan thus argues that 1 Peter confronts Rome on a cosmic scale with its alternative construal of time and space, and examines the evidence that the Petrine author consciously, if cautiously, interrogated the imperial imagination at its most foundational levels, and set forth in its place a theocentric, Christological understanding of the world.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Contextualizing the Present Study
Chapter 2: The Socio-historical Context
Chapter 3: Time in the Imperial Cults
Chapter 4: Time in 1 Peter
Chapter 5: Space in the Imperial Cults
Chapter 6: Space in 1 Peter
Conclusion: (Re)Placing the Emperor, (Re)Configuring the Universe
Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Index of Modern Authors
