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The Walls of Babylon
An Alternative Reading of the Revelation to John
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2019
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The Walls of Babylon is a radically revisionist reading of the Revelation to John, offering startling insights into the historical roots of Gnosticism, the social dynamics of early Christianity, and the shattering impact of apocalyptic eschatology. Based on a careful analysis of the text, David Arthur argues that the motivating circumstance for Revelation was provided not by external Roman oppression but by a fierce internal dispute between gnostic and proto-orthodox factions within the early church. In the ensuing controversy, John did not side with ecclesiastical officials, as might be expected, but instead took up the cause of the persecuted outcasts. Following the precedent of the classical prophets, he speaks as a champion for the downtrodden and dispossessed––represented, for him, by the gnostic heretics. The book he has left us presents a fiery symbolic rebuke of proto-orthodox Christianity, and by extension, challenges normative religious paradigms at every level of belief and praxis.
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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0249-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-0250-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
251
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Contents No access
Introduction: The Beating Heart Within No access Pages 1 - 26
1 The Clash and Fusion of Empires No access
2 Diversity and Conflict in the Early Church No access
3 Schism and Heresy No access
4 The Immediate Historical Context No access
5 In the Throne Room of the Great King No access
6 The Seven Seals No access
7 The Seven Trumpets No access
8 The Rise of the Beast No access
9 The Seven Bowls No access
10 The New Jerusalem No access
11 The Great City Babylon No access
12 The Celestial Woman No access
Conclusion: Excelsior No access Pages 213 - 228
Epilogue: The Mark of Cain No access Pages 229 - 240
