Imperial cults and the Apocalypse of John : reading Revelation in the ruins / Steven J. Friesen.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2001.Description: xiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:- 0195131533
- 0195188217
- 9780195131536
- 9780195188219
- New Testament. Apocalypse -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Bible. Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Bible New Testament. Apocalypse -- Critique, interpretation, etc
- Bibel Johannesevangelium
- Bibel Offenbarung des Johannes
- Bible -- Inspiration
- Bible. Revelation
- Christianity and other religions -- Roman
- Emperor worship -- Rome
- BS2825.6.F912.I474 2001
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) | G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor | BS2825.6.F912.I474 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923002083331 |
Includes bibliographies and index.
Religious Criticism -- Logic of Participation -- Provincial Imperial Cults of Asia Under Augustus and Tiberius -- Provincial Cults from Gaius to Domitian -- Municipal Imperial Cults: A Survey -- Municipal Imperial Cults: Two Case Studies -- Groups and Individuals -- Imperial Cults as Religion -- Revelation, Resistance -- Revelation in Space and Time -- Centering Reality: Space and Time in Revelation -- Working with Myth -- Communities Worshipping Humans -- Worship and Authority -- Revelation in This World.
"Bringing an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Revelation, to the understanding of the imperial cults, and to the relationship between the two, this innovative work will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of the New Testament and Greco-Roman religion and history."--Jacket.
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