Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John

Reading Revelation in the Ruins

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bible & Bible Studies, New Testament, Criticism & Interpretation, New Age
Cover of the book Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John by Steven J. Friesen, Oxford University Press
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Author: Steven J. Friesen ISBN: 9780190285005
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: October 25, 2001
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Steven J. Friesen
ISBN: 9780190285005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: October 25, 2001
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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