The first basic thesis of Anti-Roman Cryptograms in the New Testament: Hidden Transcripts of
Hope and Liberation is that the Jesus of history and his earliest and closest followers during
his lifetime and during the decades after he had been crucified by the Romans had not only a
deep longing for eternal life with God beyond the limits of this world but also a strong
desire for liberation from Roman political economic and social oppression. The second basic
thesis of Anti-Roman Cryptograms in the New Testament is that within the Christian Scriptures
there are more hidden transcripts coded messages (anti-Roman cryptograms) of hope and
liberation for «freedom now» within this life than we have realized throughout most of the
history of interpretation. Hidden transcripts of hope and liberation are coded so that
oppressed people are able to communicate to their fellow oppressed people in ways in which
their message and their intent are shielded from the perceptions of their oppressors. These
messages by the Jesus of history and by the writers of New Testament and related literature use
the language of faith of salvation of Deity and of adversaries of Deity giving words that
are commonly used by the oppressed people new and double meanings. Within interaction with
other scholars who are publishing studies of hidden transcripts this book is an analysis of
hidden transcripts within each of the New Testament documents. The book is designed to be used
in New Testament Studies courses at undergraduate and or graduate levels by study groups and
by all persons who desire a more adequate understanding of the Jesus of history his closest
followers and their oral and written communications during the first three centuries C.E.
