Unveiling Empire Reading Revelation Then and Now

Name: Unveiling Empire Reading Revelation Then and Now
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ISBN: 9781570752872

ISBN-10: 1570752877

ISBN-13: 9781570752872

Edition: 1999

Authors: Wes Howard-Brook, Anthony Gwyther

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Unveiling Empire aims to be a fresh look, with new insights and interpretations, at the apocalyptic visions described in The Book of Revelation.

Book details

List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 9/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 313
Size: 6.01" wide x 9.25" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



List of Tables, Diagrams, and Figures


Acknowledgments


Foreword



Introduction: Reading Revelation



"Behold, a Door was Opened in Heaven": Seeking Wisdom from On High



The Roots and Branches of Apocalyptic Writings



Reading Revelation in Context: Imperial Rome and Christianity in the First Century



Revelation's "Bifurcated" Sense of Time and Space



"Vengeance is Mine!" Says the Lord: Revelation's Language of Violence and the Practice of a Discipleship of Nonviolence



The City of Our God: Babylon or New Jerusalem?



"The Empire of the World has Become the Empire of our Lord and of his Messiah": Liturgy and Worship in Revelation



The War of Myths Between Revelation and Rome



Coming Out of Empire Today


Bibliography


Abbreviations


Index of Biblical and other Ancient Texts


General Index