TY - BOOK AU - Thatcher,Tom TI - Greater than Caesar: Christology and empire in the Fourth Gospel SN - 9780800663391 (alk. paper) AV - BS2615.6.R65 THA T53 2009 U1 - BS2615.6.R65 THA 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Bible KW - John KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Rome KW - In the Bible N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-167) and index; The problem of John's Christology and the three-headed dog of Rome -- Reading the whole story : strategies of survival -- Story as subversion : John's little countermemory -- Caiaphas : Caesar's accomplice -- Pontius Pilate : truth, terror, torture -- The cross as a tale of terror : Rome's perspective -- The cross inverted : John's perspective -- The cross as triumph : the perspective of the Johannine Jesus -- The inversion of empire : faith, hope, and power ER -