The Walls of Babylon - An Alternative Reading of the Revelation to John (Hardcover)

Through a daringly revisionist reading of the Revelation to John, The Walls of Babylon overthrows conventional assumptions, liberal and conservative alike, regarding Gnosticism and apocalyptic eschatology, and dismantles and reconstructs a received narrative of early Christian history. Scholars have long assumed that Revelation arose in response to a perceived crisis prompted by conflict between the emerging church and the Roman Empire, or more broadly, between the competing claims of religious allegiance and political authority. David Arthur’s careful analysis of the text shows, however, that the motivating circumstance was provided not by external oppression but by a fierce internal dispute between gnostic and proto-orthodox groups. In the ensuing controversy, John took up the cause of the persecuted outcasts. Following the precedent of the classical prophets, he speaks not on behalf of the dominant ecclesiastical hierarchy, but as a spokesperson for the downtrodden, defamed, and dispossessed. The message he has left us offers a fiery symbolic rebuke of proto-orthodox Christianity––and by extension, challenges and controverts normative religious paradigms at every level of belief and praxis.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books-Fortress Academic
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2019
Authors:	David Arthur
Dimensions:	228 x 161 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-1-978702-49-3
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-978702-49-3
Barcode:	9781978702493

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