Episode 9: The Apostle Paul and the Roman Empire, A Conversation with Dr. Christoph Heilig

Dr. Christoph Heilig sits down with Dr. Botner to discuss his recent book, The Apostle and the Empire: Paul's Implicit and Explicit Criticism of Rome. Heilig is a leading voice in the ongoing debate over whether Paul was critical of the Roman empire. He has advanced the conversation beyond a hunt for coded critiques of the emperor to the various ways in which Paul engaged his fraught political climate. A must listen - not least because of the ways in which Paul gets deployed in current politics!==============================Dr. Christoph Heilig is the Leader of the International Junior Research Group “Focalization in Early Christian Texts: Retelling the Story of Jesus from Different Perspectives,” at the University of Munich. His published dissertation, Paulus als Erzähler? was awarded the 2022 Manfred Lautenschläger Award for Theological Promise. Heilig has long been interested in the question of Paul and the Roman empire. Prior to The Apostle and the Empire, he wroteHidden Criticism? Methodology and Plausibility of the Search for a Counter-Imperial Subtext in Paul and Paul’s Triumph: Reassessing 2 Corinthians 2:14 in Its Literary and Historical Context.Buy Dr. Heilig's book 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Apostle-Empire-Implicit-Explicit-Criticism/dp/0802882234/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HD47BRVK65F&keywords=christoph+heilig&qid=1682290158&sprefix=christoph+heilig%2Caps%2C158&sr=8-1==============================Become a member of CBS 👉 https://the-center-for-bible-study.teachable.com/p/the-center-for-bible-study-membership==============================Connect with us at the Center for Bible Study! Facebook page: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/MABotner/ Facebook group: 👉 https://www.facebook.com/groups/908391187019803 Twitter: 👉 https://twitter.com/maxbotner/ TikTok: 👉 https://www.instagram.com/drmaxbotner/ Instagram: 👉 https://www.instagram.com/drmaxbotner/