Simon of Cyrene
Subtitle: A Case of Roman Conscription (Studies in Biblical Literature, Vol. 46)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: January 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780820456867
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Books of the New Testament; Black Theology; Christology; Religion; Religion - Biblical Studies; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Christian Theology - General; Bible; Bible.; Black interpretations; Jesus Christ; Luke; N.T.; Passion; Simon,; of Cyrene
Description: "In this book, Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder reexamines the role of Simon of Cyrene during the crucifixion as presented in the Gospel of Luke. Engaging in cultural studies as an interpretive base, Crowder maintains that because Simon was forced or conscripted to carry the cross, his actions cannot be interpreted as those of a disciple who voluntarily followed Jesus.

Further, since the gospel writer Luke was under duress and could not openly record such activity, he engaged in a rhetoric of subversion in order to protect himself. Luke's literature thus bespeaks of his own socio-cultural and socio-political environment under the Roman Empire."--BOOK JACKET.