Rumors Of Resistance

Contents:
Preface
Introduction
1. Hidden Transcripts, Models Of Empire, And The Gospel Of Luke
2. The Context Of Luke And His Reading Communities
3. Mary, The Magnificat, And The Powers That Be
4. The Nazareth Proclamation: Nuancing Resistance
5. The Parable Of Lazarus And The Rich Man: Reversal Now Or Later
Conclusion
Bibliography

Additional Info
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.”