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Spectacles of Empire : Monsters, Martyrs, and the Book of Revelation.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (193 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812201970
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spectacles of EmpireDDC classification:
  • 228.06
LOC classification:
  • BS2825.6.R65 -- F75 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Gods, Monsters, and Martyrs -- 2 Merely Players -- 3 A Vast Spectacle -- 4 As If Slain -- 5 Wherever the Lamb Goes -- 6 Epilogue: A Well-Known Story -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Summary: The author reads the Book of Revelation as a text firmly situated in the world of imperial Roman Asia Minor, where it was written. He argues that Revelation is a Christian version of that world, complete with its own gladiatorial combats and other public spectacles.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Gods, Monsters, and Martyrs -- 2 Merely Players -- 3 A Vast Spectacle -- 4 As If Slain -- 5 Wherever the Lamb Goes -- 6 Epilogue: A Well-Known Story -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

The author reads the Book of Revelation as a text firmly situated in the world of imperial Roman Asia Minor, where it was written. He argues that Revelation is a Christian version of that world, complete with its own gladiatorial combats and other public spectacles.

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