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  • From: "Eric Zuesse" <cettel AT shoreham.net>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Romans 13:1-7
  • Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 15:34:05 -0400

Title: [corpus-paul] Re: Romans 13:1-7
Isn't Steve Black's historical assumption wrong here? It was my understanding that Roman emperors were deified after their deaths, not during their lifetimes. Is this incorrect?
 
Eric Zuesse
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Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:28 PM
Subject: [corpus-paul] Re: Romans 13:1-7

Even within Ro 13 as it stands there is a form of political subversion. It could be read as a command to obey Caesar, but it can be read to say that even in this obedience, the one really being obeyed is God. This may have been enough for some Emperors, but with the likes of Nero, this would NOT have  been enough. Nero would of demanded that he be obeyed AS God, not BECAUSE OF God. The REAL power and authority is removed from the empire to the divine. The obedience rendered to "the state" has been "relavitized".

This may not be very satisfactory for us, but I wonder if it wasn't revolutionary for the original audience?
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Steve Black
Vancouver School of Theology
Vancouver, BC
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