Description: This volume presents a batch of incisive new essays on the relationship between Roman imperial power and ideology and Christian and Jewish life and thought within the empire.
Brief description: Michael Labahn is teachings as extraordinary professor at Martin-Luther University Halle. He is co-editor with Lehtipuu of the volume People under Power: Early Jewish and Christian Responses to the Roman Empire (AUP 2015).
Review Quotes: "This work should be a welcome addition to the library of every scholar that works on early Christianity and first- and second-century Judaism."
- Christopher S. Crawford, Claremont School of Theology, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 45, No. 2, June 2019