About this ebook
James C. Scott’s discussion of “hidden
transcripts” of defiance or resistance among subordinate groups has been taken
up by scholars who claim to detect elements of defiant transcripts in biblical
texts. In Rumors of Resistance,
Amanda C. Miller uses Scott’s theory to explain tensions within the narrative
of the Gospel of Luke, between more accommodationist narratives and poetic or
parabolic passages that announce a dramatic eschatological reversal. Miller
concludes that Luke’s audience would have been challenged to resist the
dominant values of Roman imperial culture even as the narrative framework of
Luke partially obscures that “transcript.”
transcripts” of defiance or resistance among subordinate groups has been taken
up by scholars who claim to detect elements of defiant transcripts in biblical
texts. In Rumors of Resistance,
Amanda C. Miller uses Scott’s theory to explain tensions within the narrative
of the Gospel of Luke, between more accommodationist narratives and poetic or
parabolic passages that announce a dramatic eschatological reversal. Miller
concludes that Luke’s audience would have been challenged to resist the
dominant values of Roman imperial culture even as the narrative framework of
Luke partially obscures that “transcript.”
About the author
Amanda C. Miller is assistant professor of New Testament and Greek in the School of Religion at Belmont University, and an ordained Baptist minister. This is a revision of her dissertation at Union Presbyterian Seminary under the direction of John Carroll.
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