The Message and the Kingdom
How Jesus & Paul Ignited a Revolution & Transformed the Ancient World
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 2002
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Publisher's Description
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.
Endorsements (2)
“This powerful and persuasive book illustrates the strength of the message of Jesus and Paul, the kingdom of God in the hamlets of Galilee, and the churches in the cities of the Roman empire as they stood together against cosmic and imperial, and personal and individual, evil.”
“The panoply and power of the Roman empire, the grandeur of Herodian Jerusalem, the disorienting poverty of rural Galilee and urban Judea: Horsley and Silberman walk the reader through all these distant landscapes. Their reconstruction of this lost world, drawn from archaeological data and modern social theory as well as ancient texts, gives new depth and drama to the often told story of Christian origins.”
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