Spectacles of empire : monsters, martyrs, and the book of Revelation /
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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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2004]
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| Series: | Divinations.
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