Description: While commentaries continue to be published on the book of Revelation, few, if any, attempt to interpret the Apocalypse in light of the political, historical, and cultural setting of John's original audience. The purpose of Seven Congregations in a Roman Crucibile is to provide fresh and illuminating exegesis of Revelation that takes seriously ancient literary and archaeological evidences. This book seeks to bring the reader into the world of John's Apocalypse with pictures of numerous sites and artifacts from the first and early second centuries AD. Moreover, the book also attempts to interpret John and his message through the lens of the Jewish prophetic tradition of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, and other pertinent Second Temple works. Thus John stands in the prophetic heritage of Israel in his attempt to challenge, threaten, admonish, and praise the seven churches of Roman Asia whose members are suffering at the hands of the idolatrous Graeco-Roman culture in which they reside.
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EAN: 9781620321058
UPC: 9781620321058
ISBN: 9781620321058
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Item Length: 22.6 cm
Book Title: Seven Congregations in a Roman Crucible
Item Height: 226mm
Item Width: 152mm
Author: Richard E Oster, Jr
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Beliefs, Religious History
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication Year: 2013
Item Weight: 408g
Number of Pages: 276 Pages
