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Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins
Friesen, Steven J. (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Missouri)
Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Reading Revelation in the Ruins
Friesen, Steven J. (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies, University of Missouri)
Examines both the archaeological evidence and the Biblical text. This book 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.
304 pages, 48 halftones & line illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) | 
| Released | February 23, 2006 | 
| Original release date | 2005 | 
| ISBN13 | 9780195188219 | 
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc | 
| Pages | 304 | 
| Dimensions | 150 × 227 × 19 mm · 439 g | 
| Language | English | 
 
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