Paul, Politics, and New Creation: Reconsidering Paul and Empire

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This book examines Pauls anti-imperialisn, self-understanding as a Hellenistic Jew, and indebtedness to Roman civic life. Using rhetorical, socio-historical, and theological methods, Haddad reevaluates Pauls interconnection with his Greco-Roman environment and analyzes Pauls development of translocal links.

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Haddad offers a critique of the anti-imperial reading of the apostle Paul that all proponents of this approach will have to take into account. In particular, he is to be commended for bringing new sources and categories to the table. His focus on figured speech in relation to hidden transcripts adds a valuable emic perspective and will no doubt be extremely stimulating for future debates.

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Najeeb T. Haddad is assistant professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Notre Dame of Maryland University.