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The logic of reversal in Luke— 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.” Praise for Rumors of Resistance “Amanda C. Miller’s insightful study, Rumors of Resistance, exposes the inadequacy of a ‘onedynamic -fits-all’ approach to the question of Luke’s engagement with the Roman empire. Instead, using James Scott’s work, she examines several key passages to highlight multivalent negotiation, tensions, and ambiguities in the Lucan material that involve both accommodation and eschatological reversals. This is an important and welcome contribution to our understanding of Luke’s Gospel.” Warren Carter | Brite Divinity School “Amanda C. Miller’s new book, Rumors of Resistance: Status Reversals and Hidden Transcripts in the Gospel of Luke, deftly employs multi-disciplinary approaches to cast new light on the intriguing status-reversal texts in Luke’s narrative. Miller’s perceptive social-rhetorical-literary analysis will be of great interest to readers of Luke’s Gospel; her work also offers helpful perspective on the emergence of Christian communities within the Roman imperial context, the fruitfulness of socialscientific models in literary and historical study of early Christian literature, and ethical analysis of topics—such as poverty and wealth, power and resistance—that figure centrally in Luke’s narrative and also matter for contemporary social, economic, religious, and political life.” John T. Carroll | Union Presbyterian Seminary “Amanda C. Miller resists the tendency to view a complex work like the Gospel of Luke through a single interpretive lens, to answer a simplistic question like whether the author was pro-Roman or anti-Roman. Instead, she applies an array of methodological tools to discover a complex story of Jesus in the Third Gospel, written for a diverse community, challenging all members to act more justly in a dangerous context.” Mark McEntire | Belmont University 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. Religion / New Testament Miller Rumors of Resistance e m e r g i n g s c h o l a r s Rumors of Resistance Status Reversals and Hidden Transcripts in the Gospel of Luke Amanda C. Miller ...