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Kenotic Politics: The Reconfiguration of Power in Jesus’ Political Praxis is unavailable, but you can change that!

This book was written to reconcile Jesus’ political nature with his disinclination to power. Broken into three parts answering three key questions—“Was Jesus Political?”, “How was Jesus Political?”, and “Why did Jesus not openly announce his political role?”—Moore concentrates on Mark 10:32–45 as a real articulation of Jesus’ political praxis consistently supported through Jesus’ ministry and...

lesser to greater.” While David justifiably broke a commandment due to dire necessity, Jesus claims to have perpetual prerogative to arbitrate Sabbath law because he is the Lord of this Edenic institution. This comports with his other halakic and Mishnaic declarations concerning purity laws of persons (Mark 2:14–17/Matt 9:9–13/Luke 5:27–32) and dietary regulations (Mark 7:1–15/Matt 15:1–20), divorce (Matt 5:31–32; Mark 10:1–12/Matt 19:1–9), Lex Taliones (Matt 5:38–42), as well as his radicalization
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