Paul, Politics, and New Creation

This book examines Pauline anti-imperialism, situating Paul’s letters in the sociohistorical context of the Roman Empire.

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Paul, Politics, and New Creation: Reconsidering Paul and Empire nuances Paul’s relationship with the Roman Empire. Using rhetorical, sociohistorical, and theological methods, Najeeb T. Haddad reevaluates claims of Paul’s anti-imperialism by situating him in his proper Hellenistic Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts.