The authors of this volume explore various instances of theo-political visions of authoritative texts in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism, and Early Christianity, and as such offer a broader perspective on the topos "sacred texts in their context." Instead of a narrow exploration of the "political intent" of a singular text or group of texts, the volume contains the treatment of a wide range of texts, out of different corpora, with their discrete contexts. Their juxtaposition, as well as that of the respective scholarly approaches of the essays, offers fresh insights on the matter. Each of the essays in the collection addresses the issue of oppressive imperial ideology and the extent to which the authors of sacred texts engaged their political contexts, and eight of the essays specifically present reactions to the Roman Empire.

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Born 1976; 2009 graduated Classics in Bucharest; taught MPhil in Theology and Religious Studies in Cambridge; research MPhil in Theology and Religious Studies in St Andrews; currently a PhD candidate at KU Leuven. Born 1986; 2008 BA, Biola University; 2010 MA, Talbot School of Theology; 2011 MA, Talbot School of Theology; 2016 PhD, University of St Andrews; currently Assistant Professor of New Testament, Bethel Seminary (St. Paul, MN).