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Pages: 138
Authors: C. Wess Daniels
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-07 - Publisher: Barclay Press

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Revelation speaks to the reality that we are caught in the fray of cosmic conflict. We are guilty. We've already been contaminated. But it's not too late for us
Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation
Language: en
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Authors: Sarah Emanuel
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Empire-critical and postcolonial readings of Revelation are now commonplace, but scholars have not yet put these views into conversation with Jewish trauma and
Apocalypse Against Empire
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Authors: Anathea E. Portier-Young
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-09 - Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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A fresh and daring take on ancient apocalyptic books. The year 167 b.c.e. marked the beginning of a period of intense persecution for the people of Judea, as Se
Out of Babylon
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Explores the Old Testament's prophetic cry against materialism, consumerism, violence, and oppression
The Nonviolent Apocalypse
Language: en
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In The Nonviolent Apocalypse, Jeffrey D. Meyers argues that Revelation's famously violent visions are actually acts of nonviolent resistance to the Roman Empire