The Colonizers' Idols: Paul, Galatia, and Empire in New Testament Studies
Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: Issues and Methodology -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Framing the Problem -- I. The Purpose of this Book -- B. The Historical Problem of Gal. 4:10 -- I. The Jewish Identification -- II. Problems with the Jewish Identification -- C. Mapping Galatia -...
| Résumé: | Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Part I: Issues and Methodology -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- A. Framing the Problem -- I. The Purpose of this Book -- B. The Historical Problem of Gal. 4:10 -- I. The Jewish Identification -- II. Problems with the Jewish Identification -- C. Mapping Galatia -- D. New Testament Studies, Empire and Postcolonialism -- I. Postcolonialism, Empire Studies, Post-imperialism, and Liberation Theology -- II. Methodology and Argument -- Chapter 2: Postcolonialism and Gal. 4:10 -- A. Introduction -- B. Terms -- I. Postcolonialism and the Ancient World -- II. Hybridity, Mimicry and Related Concepts -- C. Ancient, Modern and Post(-)colonial -- I. Postcolonial Critical Historiography in Classics -- II. Roman Imperialism and Resistance -- III. Amicitia -- D. Paul and Postcolonialism -- I. Paul, the Alienated Colonizer -- II. Self-Assigned Authority -- III. Apostle by Divine Right -- IV. Paul as Pater -- E. Summary -- Part II: A Postcolonial Construction of Colonized Galatia -- Chapter 3: Roman Galatia and the Social Contexts of Gal. 4:10 -- A. Introduction -- B. History of the Galatian Celts -- I. Arrival and Operation as Mercenaries in Asia Minor -- II. Pergamene and Roman Defeats -- C. Roman Economic Exploitation -- I. Taxes: Money, Time, Produce -- II. New Settlements -- III. Land Acquisition -- IV. The Multiple Uses of Colonies -- V. Corvée Labor -- D. Life in the Roman Military -- I. Galatian Troops -- II. The Work of the Military in Galatia -- III. Deployment Abroad -- IV. Acculturation Once in the Military -- E. Elites -- I. Deiotarus and the Last Galatian Leaders -- II. The Roles of Local Elites within the Roman System -- III. Local Orators Vying for Imperial Favor -- F. Summary -- Chapter 4: Imperial Cult and the Cultic Contexts of Gal. 4:10 -- A. Introduction. B. Colonial Discourses at Work in Scholarship on the Imperial Cult -- I. Methodological Issues within the Scholarly Literature -- C. The Imperial Cult in Galatia -- I. Neokoroi and Koina -- II. Building the Imperial Temple at Ancyra -- III. Spread of the Cult -- D. The Imperial Cult and Local Elites -- I. Conduits of Communication and Power -- E. Imperial Cult and Roman Cultural Power -- I. Expressing Romeâs Power by Changing Calendar and Culture -- F. The Emperorâs Divinity at Home and Abroad -- I. The Subordination of Roman and non-Roman Gods to the Emperor -- II. The Political Side of Imperial Worship -- G. The Imperial Cult, the Festival Calendar and The Military -- I. Calendars of Imperial Worship as Modes of Acculturation . -- H. Imperial Cult, Resistance and Conquest -- I. Summary -- Part III: Imperialism and Post-imperialism -- Chapter 5: New Romans and New Apostles: Imperial Age Ideologues Constructing their Past -- A. Reading the Present in the Past -- B. British Imperial Discourses -- I. European Powers and Their Roman Heritage -- a) Inscribing the Roman Ancestry of the English -- b) Britannia as Tabula Rasa -- II. New Barbarians as Foils for New Romans -- a) Imperial Ethnography as an Expression of Colonial Power -- b) Race and Roman Heritage -- III. Translatio Imperii -- IV. Paternalism -- C. Missionaries as New Apostles -- I. Apostolic Heirs -- II. Preaching to Heathens -- III. A New Apostolic Obligation -- D. Mission and Empire: Awkward Bedfellows? -- E. Summary -- Chapter 6: Galatians and Post-imperial Biblical Criticism -- A. Introduction -- I. Nineteenth-century Imperial Scholarship -- II. Social Politics in Contemporary Anti-Imperial Scholarship -- B. Post-imperialism and New Testament Studies -- I. Empire Studies as a Form of Apologetics -- II. A Good Empire is a Christian Empire -- C. Paul as the Paradigmatic Christian Model I. The Past: Paul as the Missionary Exemplar Spreading Christian Civilization -- II. The Present: Paul as the Outsider-Leader Exemplar Spreading Christian Revolution -- D. Binary Divisions of Humanity -- I. The Past: The Binary of the Civilized Paul and the Barbaric Colonized Races -- II. The Present: The Binary of the Rebel-Leader Paul and Barbaric Oppressors -- E. Paternalism and Salvation -- I. The Past: The Racial Caricature of Paulâs Audiences as Incompetent and Ignorant -- II. The Present: The Infantilization of Paulâs Audiences and their Reduction to Props -- F. Summary -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: A Postcolonialist Reading of Gal. 4:10 -- A. Introduction -- B. Re-reading Gal. 4:10 -- I. Paulâs Frustrated Expectations -- C. Galatian Absorption into the Roman Empire -- I. Imperial Worship in Galatia -- II. Structural Changes Brought by Roman Rule -- D. Reading Galatian Mimicry and Hybridity as Resistance to Rome -- I. Survival of Local Language -- II. Survival of Local Cults -- III. Violent Resistance in Asia Minor -- IV. Resistance through Mimicry and Hybridity -- V. Days, Months, Seasons, and Years -- E. Reading âErrorâ as Resistance to Paul -- I. Paul as a Colonizer -- F. On Thinking from Monotheism -- I. Paulâs Misreading of his Audience -- G. Concluding Thoughts on Empire and New Testament Studies -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Hebrew Bible -- New Testament -- Ancient Writers -- Index of Places -- Index of Persons -- Subject Index |
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| Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 213-230 |
| ISBN: | 3161559045 |