Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John

Reading Revelation in the Ruins
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-518821-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

After more than a century of debate about the significance of imperial cults for the interpretation of Revelation, this is the first study to examine both the archaeological evidence and the Biblical text in depth. Friesen argues that a detailed analysis of imperial cults as they were practiced in the first century CE in the region where John was active allows us to understand John's criticism of his society's dominant values. He demonstrates the importance of imperial cults for society at the time when Revelation was written, and shows the ways in which John refuted imperial cosmology through his use of vision, myth, and eschatological expectation.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of the New Testament and Roman religion and history

Autoren/Hrsg.

Friesen, Steven J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik

Über Autor(innen)

Steven J. Friesen, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia