The Gospel of Matthew in Its Roman Imperial Context

The Gospel of Matthew in its 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.