The book of Revelation : Apocalypse and empire /
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| Author / Creator: | Thompson, Leonard L., 1934- |
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| Imprint: | New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1990 (1997 [printing]) |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : maps |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: |
Bible. New Testament. Apocalypse Critique, interprγ̐ưetation, etc.
Rγ̐ưomisches Reich.
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142940 |
| Summary: | About seventy years after the death of Jesus, John of Patmos sent visionary messages to Christians in seven cities of western Asia Minor. These messages would eventually become part of the New Testament canon, as The Book of Revelation. What was John's message? What was its literary form? Did he write to a persecuted minority or to Christians enjoying the social and material benefits of the Roman Empire? In search of answers to these penetrating questions, Thompson critically examines the language, literature, history, and social setting of the Book of the Apocalypse. Following a discussion of the importance of the genre apocalypse, he closely analyzes the form and structure of the Revelation, its narrative and metaphoric unity, the world created through John's visions, and the social conditions of the empire in which John wrote. He offers an unprecedented interpretation of the role of boundaries in Revelation, a reassessment of the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and a view of tribulation that integrates the literary vision of Revelation with the reality of the lives of ordinary people in a Roman province. Throughout his study, Thompson argues that the language of Revelation joins the ordinary to the extra-ordinary, earth to heaven, and local conditions to supra-human processes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253.-Includes indexes). |
| ISBN: | 1423759753 9781423759751 9786610470051 6610470057 0195115805 0195055519 9780195055511 9780195115802 |