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

By: Richard A. Horsley, Neil Asher Silberman

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

Name: The Message and the Kingdom - How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World
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ISBN: 9780800634674

By: Richard A. Horsley, Neil Asher Silberman

Fortress Press / 2002 / Paperback

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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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Title: The Message and the Kingdom - How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World
By: Richard A. Horsley, Neil Asher Silberman
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 312
Vendor: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 2002

Dimensions: 9 X 6 X 0.75 (inches)
Weight: 1 ounce
ISBN: 0800634675
ISBN-13: 9780800634674
Stock No: WW34672

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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.

Author Bio

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Richard A. Horsley is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the author of The Message and the Kingdom (2002 with Neil Asher Siberman), Jesus and the Spiral of Violence (1992), and Jesus and the Empire (2002).

Neil Asher Silberman is the author, co-author, and editor of numerous popular books on archaeology and the Bible, including The Bible Unearthed (with Israel Finkelstein; 2001), The Archaeology of Israel (edited with David Small; 1997), The Hidden Scrolls (1994), and Digging for God and Country (1984).