• David Nystrom on Roman ideology • Judith A. Diehl on the state of empire scholarship • Joel Willits on Matthew • Dean Pinter on Luke • Christopher W. Skinner on John's Gospel and Letters • Drew Strait on Acts • Michael F. Bird on Romans • Lynn Cohick on Philippians • Allan R. Bevere on Colossians and Philemon • Dwight Sheets on Revelation
"[T]he editors are to be thanked for assembling a fine team of contributors and for offering a sensible and timely response to this scholarly trend."
John K. Goodrich, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, June 2014
"A valuable book. Highly recommended as both a good introduction to and a sane evaluation of the currently popular anti-imperial interpretation of the New Testament. Most of the essays clearly demonstrate that that interpretation is driven more by assumptions and modern theories of postcolonial criticism than by sound exegesis."
Seyoon Kim, professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary
"These accessible studies are exemplary in their clarity, informed by excellent scholarship and highly insightful in their argumentation. Although it is acknowledged that 'empire criticism' has given us some valuable new insight, it is clearly shown that anti-imperial rhetoric is not a major emphasis of the NT, nor was it a key purpose of the NT authors to oppose Rome in what they wrote. These insightful essays advance our thinking on this very important topic and further our understanding of the gospel and of the relationship between God's kingdom and the powers of this world."
Paul Trebilco, professor of New Testament studies, University of Otago, New Zealand
