The Gospel of Matthew in Its Roman Imperial Context

The Gospel of Matthew in it Roman Imperial Context examines how Matthew's gospel reflects the situation in which the community found itself after the fall of Jerusalem and the subsequent humiliation of Jews across the Roman Empire. It considers the extent to which Matthew was seeking to oppose Rome's claims to authority and sovereignty over the whole world, to set up alternative systems of power and society and to forge new senses of identity.
It asks how Matthew's approach to such problems compared with that of Jews who were not followers of Jesus Christ and with that of others, Jews and Gentiles, who were followers.
This volume includes contributions from Warren Carter, Dennis C. Duling, Philip F. Esler, James S McLaren, Peter Oakes, John Riches, David C. Sim and Dorothy Jean Weaver. This is volume 276 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series and is also part of the Early Christianity in Context series.

In what sense does Matthew's Gospel reflect the colonial situation in which the community found itself after the fall of Jerusalem, and the subsequent humiliation of Jews across the Roman Empire?
To what extent was Matthew seeking to oppose Rome's claims to authority and sovereignty over the whole world, to set up alternative systems of power and society, to forge new senses of identity?
If Matthew's community felt itself to be living on the margins of society, where did it see the centre as lying. In Judaism or Rome? And how did Matthew's approach to such problems compare with that of Jews who were not followers of Jesus Christ, and with that of others- Jews and Gentiles-, who were followers.