Who rides the beast? : prophetic rivalry and the rhetoric of crisis in the churches of the apocalypse / Paul B. Duff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duff, Paul B., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Revelation--Socio-rhetorical criticism.

Bible.

Bible. Revelation.

Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works.

Physical Description:

xiii, 189 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

The Book of Revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of God are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of Satan. Scholars have traditionally thought that it was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the Roman persecution of the early Church. More recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was written. Here Paul Duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the Book of Revelation, resulting in a work which substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic text.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-175) and indexes.

ISBN:

019513835X

OCLC:

43615393