Recovering the Monstrous in Revelation

Heather Macumber

doi:10.5771/9781978703049

Summary

This book reads Revelation through the lens of the monster. Using monster theory, Heather Macumber approaches the cosmic beings in John’s Apocalypse as other and monstrous regardless of whether they are found in heaven or the abyss, with significant attention paid to the monstrous body and how it causes both unease and wonder. Intertwined with descriptions of cosmic monsters, this book also interrogates the role of John as a maker of horror stories, who casts his opponents as the other and monstrous. Despite the tendency to view John and the heavenly creatures as the heroes of this apocalyptic tale, Macumber aims to recover their own liminal and hybrid characteristics that mark them as monstrous.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-0303-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-0304-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 206
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
1. Finding Monsters in Unexpected Places No access
2. Monstrous Borders: Hybridity & Liminality No access
3. Notes No access
1. The Uncanny No access
2. Hybridity No access
3. Liminality No access
4. Conclusion: Monstrous Borders No access
5. Notes No access
1. Postcolonial Theory No access
2. The “Otherness” of John No access
3. John’s Strategies No access
4. Conclusion—The Aftermath No access
5. Notes No access
1. Gods & Monsters No access
2. God as Hybrid No access
3. A Liminal Presence No access
4. Conflicting Images: Jesus as Monster No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. Angels & Demons No access
2. The Four Living Creatures (Rev. 4–5) No access
3. The Four Horsemen (Rev. 6:1–7) No access
4. A Falling Star & Abaddon (Rev. 9:1–11) No access
5. The Locusts (Rev. 9:3–11) No access
6. A Horrific Cavalry (Rev. 9:13–21) No access
7. The Two Witnesses (Rev. 11:1–14) No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Notes No access
1. Sign of the Dragon No access
2. Ancient Dragons: Chaos Creatures? No access
3. The Great Red Dragon No access
4. Following the Dragon No access
5. Conclusion: Significance of the Dragon No access
6. Notes No access
1. The Beast from the Sea No access
2. The Beast from the Earth No access
3. The Image of the Beast No access
4. Spectacles & Punishment No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. A Horrific Prostitute No access
2. A Monstrous Mother No access
3. Responses to the Metaphors: Liminality and Affect No access
4. Punishing the Harlot No access
5. A Liminal Response No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 175 - 190
General Index No access Pages 191 - 196
Index of Ancient Sources No access Pages 197 - 204
About the Author No access Pages 205 - 206