Untold tales from the Book of Revelation: sex and gender, empire and ecology
The Book of Revelation is the New Testaments most notable example of anti-imperial resistance literature, its most sex-preoccupied text, and its most ecologically pertinent text. These essays bring multiple contemporary interpretive lenses to bear on Revelations apocalyptic opacities and ethical con...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Atlanta
SBL Press
2014
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Resources for biblical study (number 79)
Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Resources for biblical study
number 79 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Revelation
B Revelation / Ecology / Gender studies / Power B Revelation / Gender studies / Ecology / Power |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Politics in the Bible B Bible ; Revelation ; Criticism, interpretation, etc B Ecology ; Biblical teaching B Sex in the Bible B Electronic books |
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Volltext (Aggregator) Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: Untold Tales from the Book of Revelation : Sex and Gender, Empire and Ecology: |
| Summary: | The Book of Revelation is the New Testaments most notable example of anti-imperial resistance literature, its most sex-preoccupied text, and its most ecologically pertinent text. These essays bring multiple contemporary interpretive lenses to bear on Revelations apocalyptic opacities and ethical conundrums. Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. What Is, What Was, and What May Yet Be -- 2. Mimicry and Monstrosity -- 3. Revolting Revelations -- 4. Hypermasculinity and Divinity -- 5. The Empress and the Brothel Slave -- 6. Raping Rome -- 7. Retching on Rome -- 8. Derridapocalypse -- 9. Quadrupedal Christ -- 10. Ecotherology -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (302 p) |
| ISBN: | 1589839900 |