'And so we Came to Rome ': The Political Perspective of St Luke

Paul W. Walaskay

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511555121

It has often been suggested that Luke's two volumes were written as an apology for Christianity, to demonstrate to the Roman authorities that the new faith was not a dangerous and subversive innovation, a threat to the Pax Romana and to Roman rule. This book reviews the development of the 'traditional perspective', then raises some questions, e.g. if Luke was writing an apologia pro ecclesia, why does he include so much material politically damaging to the Christian cause? Is it possible that the approach has been made from the wrong angle, that Luke was writing an apologia not pro ecclesia but pro imperio, to assure his fellow Christians that Church and Empire need not fear or suspect each other? This conclusion is then supported by an investigation of the text of Luke-Acts, particularly the trials of Jesus and Paul. This challenging volume will be of interest to students and scholars of the New Testament and to ecclesiastical and Roman historians.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Abbreviations
pp xi-xii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-14

2 - The politics of Luke: a reappraisal
pp 15-37

3 - The trial of Jesus
pp 38-49

4 - The trial of Paul
pp 50-63

5 - Concluding remarks on the political perspective of St Luke
pp 64-67

Notes
pp 68-103

Bibliography
pp 104-114

Index
pp 115-121

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