Paul Borgman and Kelly James Clark, Written to Be Heard: Recovering the Messages of the Gospels

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Dalen C. Jackson
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Further studies of this kind should delineate often as to emperors (Caligula, Nero, Domitian being the worst in the first century, perhaps) and their attendant eras being different, also that various locations in the empire and local situations would alter attitudes toward the empire by the Christian community. Of course, Carter knows this well, but the tendency of these studies is to portray a rather static situation, rather like generalizing about Mediterranean peasants as though they were a homogeneous group. The construct in its full array fits best the book of Revelation. Carter perceptively calls attention to the empire’s economic oppression in Revelation 18, its illicit economic activity made possible by its military, the parallel to Jeremiah 50–51, and the vicious military conquest upon which the empire is founded (pp. 105–107). Would that indeed be the case for all empires? Relatively recent empires are not immune from similar critiques. Consider the German Reich, the Russian empire after WW2, and the British Empire that might have been somewhat enlightened, eventually letting India go without war, but was still imperial and racist (?) and could be drastic. Should we not also be awakened by this study to the American empire, of bases if not of colonies, and its military invasions in the twentieth century? Did the United States embark on being a colonial power after the Spanish-American war by taking possession of the Philippines, tempting the would-be Empire of Japan into the tragic bombing of Pearl Harbor? Is there not some hubris in the very idea of empire, some inherent necessity to conquer other countries and subsume them for selfish benefit? Carter is acutely aware of such potentialities. Were I to say that I am impressed with this book and recommend it would be to engage in understatement. It is invaluable for its overview, academically of high standard yet readable, informative for those needing an update about the socio-economic application to an NT set in the Roman Empire. It is actually rather exhilarating to read this essential guide. It could serve well as a primer in a college or seminary class for orientation and would function exceptionally well as a catalyst for lively discussion in a bible study group.
保罗·博格曼和凯利·詹姆斯·克拉克,《为被听见而写:恢复福音的信息》
这类进一步的研究应该经常描述皇帝(卡利古拉、尼禄、多米提安可能是一世纪最糟糕的皇帝)和他们随后的时代是不同的,也应该描述帝国的不同地点和当地情况会改变基督教社区对帝国的态度。当然,卡特很清楚这一点,但这些研究倾向于描绘一个静态的情况,就像把地中海农民概括成一个同质群体一样。完整的结构最适合《启示录》。卡特敏锐地提醒人们注意启示录第18章中帝国的经济压迫,军队使其非法的经济活动成为可能,与耶利米书50-51章的相似之处,以及帝国建立的邪恶军事征服(第105-107页)。所有帝国都是这样吗?相对较新的帝国也不能幸免于类似的批评。想想德意志帝国,二战后的俄罗斯帝国,大英帝国可能有些开明,最终让印度没有战争,但仍然是帝国主义和种族主义(?),可能会很激烈。难道我们不应该从对美帝国的研究中觉醒吗?对美帝国的基地(如果不是殖民地的话)和它在20世纪的军事入侵?美西战争结束后,美国是否通过占领菲律宾、引诱未来的日本帝国对珍珠港进行悲剧性的轰炸,从而成为一个殖民大国?难道帝国的概念中不存在一些傲慢,不存在征服其他国家并将其纳入私利的内在必要性吗?卡特敏锐地意识到了这种可能性。如果我说我对这本书印象深刻并推荐它,那就太轻描淡写了。它的概述是无价的,学术上的高标准,但可读的,为那些需要更新的社会经济应用到一个NT设置在罗马帝国的信息。实际上,阅读这本重要的指南是相当令人振奋的。它可以很好地作为大学或神学院班级的入门读物,也可以特别好地作为圣经学习小组热烈讨论的催化剂。
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