The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World

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Fortress Press, 2002 M01 1 - 290 pages
Set against the backdrop of Roman imperial history, The Message and the Kingdom demonstrates how the quest for the kingdom of God by Jesus, Paul, and the earliest churches should be understood as both a spiritual journey and a political response to the "mindless acts of violence, inequality, and injustice that characterized the kings of men." Horsley and Silberman reveal how the message of Jesus and Paul was profoundly shaped by the history of their time as well as the social conditions of the congregations to whom they preached.

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Contents

Heavenly Visions
9
Remaking the Galilee
22
Faith Healer
43
Power and Public Order
65
Preaching the Word
88
Reviving the Nations
114
Assemblies of the Saints
145
The Triumph of Caesar
205
Keeping the Faith
224
Bibliographical Notes
237
Bibliography
261
Index
279
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Page 6 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 191 - Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
Page 60 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 55 - Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
Page 121 - Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! why do you persecute me?" And he said, "Who are you, Lord?
Page 170 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Page 188 - It shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues ; and they shall come, and see my glory. And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish...
Page 52 - Art Thou He that cometh or look we for another? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go your way and tell John the things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up and the poor have good tidings preached to them : and blessed is he whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in Me.

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