LEADER 02942nam 2200445 450 001 9910815165403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-535391-9 010 $a1-4237-5975-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000406053 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24083718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4701084 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4701084 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11273061 035 $a(OCoLC)437173359 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000406053 100 $a20161011h19901990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe book of Revelation $eApocalypse and empire /$fLeonard L. Thompson 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aOxford, [England] :$cOxford University Press,$d1990. 210 4$d1990 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 265p. )$cmaps 300 $aBibliography: p241-253. _ Includes indexes. 311 $a0-19-511580-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 330 $aCritically examines the language, literature, history, and social setting of the Book of Revelation. After discussion of the importance of the apocalypse genre, Thompson considers the form and structure of the book, the unified world created by it, and the social conditions that prevailed whilst it was being written. Originally published in 1990. 330 $bAbout seventy years after the death of Jesus, John of Patmos sent visionary messages to Christians in seven cities of western Asia Minor. These messages would eventually become part of the New Testament canon, as The Book of Revelation. What was John's message? What was its literary form? Did he write to a persecuted minority or to Christians enjoying the social and material benefits of the Roman Empire? In search of answers to these penetrating questions, Thompson critically examines the language, literature, history, and social setting of the Book of the Apocalypse. Following a discussion of the importance of the genre apocalypse, he closely analyses the form and structure of the Revelation, its narrative and metaphoric unity, the world created through John's visions, and the social conditions of the empire in which John wrote. He offers an unprecedented interpretation of the role of boundaries in Revelation, a reassessment of the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and a view of tribulation that integrates the literary vision of Revelation with the reality of the lives of ordinary people in a Roman province. Throughout his study, Thompson argues that the language of Revelation joins the ordinary to the extra-ordinary, earth to heaven, and local conditions to supra-human processes. 676 $a228/.06 700 $aThompson$b Leonard L.$f1934-$01649216 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815165403321 996 $aThe book of Revelation$93997850 997 $aUNINA