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Rome and the Gospel of John (Part One)
Lately I’ve been doing some research in the area of Empire studies, specifically as that discipline relates to the Fourth Gospel. In recent years a great deal has been written about the Roman...
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Rome and the Gospel of John (Part Two)
While much of the New Testament has been subjected to the anti-imperial current of scholarship, relatively little has been written about John’s response to Rome until very recently. In recent years...
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Rome and the Gospel of John (Part Three)
Negative Christology and Anti-Roman Rhetoric One of the universally recognized elements of the Gospel of John is its high Christology. The narrative begins by declaring the equality shared by God and...
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Rome and the Gospel of John (Part Four)
John’s Historical Context and Rhetoric of Distance Since the publication of J. L Martyn’s groundbreaking work, History and Theology in the Fourth Gospel (1968),[1] Johannine scholars have relied...
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Rome and the Gospel of John (Part Five)
Augustan Ideology, the Son of God, and John’s Prologue Unlike Warren Carter (see previous post), Lance Byron Richey begins his book, Roman Imperial Ideology and the Gospel of John, by affirming the...
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Rome and the Gospel of John (Part Six)
Is Rome anywhere in view in John’s Gospel? In light of the discussion in the previous five posts (here, here, here, here, and here), the answer to this question must necessarily be, “Yes.” There is no...
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