Neil Elliott

Acts of Empire, Second Edition

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“While studies of ‘the politics of Luke-Acts’ are now routine features of the landscape, Christina Petterson’s intervention is a breath of fresh air. She teases out how regularly assumptions of ‘Christian exceptionalism’ subtly distance Luke-Acts from the culture and ideology of Roman imperialism and instead understands the writing straightforwardly as an artifact of that culture and ideology. Her perspective deserves the attention of scholars of Luke-Acts and early Christianity generally.”

Empire in the New Testament

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“"These essays further establish the relevance of 'empire-critical' interpretations of the New Testament, providing new insights and pointing toward the possibility of a coherent New Testament biblical theology explicitly engaged with empire.”

Pauline Politics

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

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Pauline Solidarity

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This work is a tour deforce. . . . Repeatedly, the reader has the impression of someone who has read widely and deeply, thought and evaluated carefully, always with an eye fixed on current socio-economic realities and the experience of the most marginalized and oppressed today. . . . It’s splendid work and deserves highest marks.”

Reading Romans within Judaism

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The ‘Paul within Judaism’ approach is dedicated to reading Paul as a Jew, writing to congregations still affiliated with Diaspora synagogues, and rooting out Christian supersessionist assumptions wherever they appear in scholarship on the apostle. Meticulous exegetical and historical precision have been as characteristic of Nanos’s work as has the daring of his guiding hypotheses. These close readings of key aspects of Romans stand as testaments to his achievement and challenges to the research ahead.”

The Human Faces of God

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This is must reading for Christians who have agonized over their own private doubts about Scripture--and for others who have given up hope that evangelical Christians can practice intelligent, moral interpretation of the Bible.”

The Jesus Revolution

Theology

“In this unusual and innovative project, Scott seeks to reorient New Testament theology around Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s theorization of the conditions of revolutionary possibility. Scott seeks to align Deleuze and Guattari’s categories with aspects of Jesus and the early ‘Jesus movement,’ including Paul. Scott knows there is some theoretical heavy lifting here; he wants to invite readers into the ‘ongoing process of continual transformation’ in our own turbulent times.”

The Realignment of the Priestly Literature

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“"I would like to be able to refer my own Hebrew Bible students to a work like this!”

Unity and Diversity in Christ: Interpreting Paul in Context

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Rigorously insistent on reading Paul's letters in their historical and rhetorical contexts, yet ever aware of the consequences for us as we deal with issues of identity and diversity today, these are important essays. They show a supple mind at work and present a coherent and compelling understanding of the apostle. No reader of Paul can afford to miss them.”

Wisdom and Spiritual Transcendence at Corinth

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In these landmark essays, gathered together here for the first time, Richard Horsley combines a close reading of the language against which Paul argued in 1 Corinthians with a careful study of the way similar language was used in Philo and the Wisdom of Solomon. For new converts in the Corinthian mission situation, a Hellenistic Jewish gnosis had become the criterion for spiritual status and a rationale for valuing individual freedom above all; against it, Paul contends for an apocalyptic faith that emphasizes the good of the community. These essays offer important insights for everyone engaged in current discussions of gender, power, and patronage in Corinth.”