Episode 28: Christoph Heilig - What Did Paul Think of the Roman Empire?

Patrick speaks to New Testament Specialist Christoph Heilig of the Protestant Theological Faculty of LMU Munich about his recent book The Apostle and the Empire; Paul’s Implicit and Explicit Criticism of Rome. Topics of discussion include the difference between koine and modern Greek, the temptation to make Paul in our own image and how Romans 13 sits with an anti-imperial interpretation of Paul. 

Link to the book and article discussed in the episode: 

https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/8223/the-apostle-and-the-empire.aspx

https://eerdword.com/the-apostle-and-the-empire/

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