The nonviolent Apocalypse: Revelation's nonviolent resistance against Rome

In The Nonviolent Apocalypse, Jeffrey D. Meyers argues that Revelation's famously violent visions are actually acts of nonviolent resistance to the Roman Empire. Using insights from biblical studies and scholarship on nonviolence, Meyers shows how Revelation both engages in and calls for acts o...

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Main Author: Meyers, Jeffrey D. 1988- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Lanham Lexington Books/Fortress Academic 2021
In:Year: 2021
Reviews:[Rezension von: Meyers, Jeffrey D., 1988-, The Nonviolent Apocalypse: Revelation’s Nonviolent Resistance against Rome] (2022) (May, David M., 1958 -)
[Rezension von: Meyers, Jeffrey D., 1988-, The Nonviolent Apocalypse: Revelation’s Nonviolent Resistance against Rome] (2024) (Stewart, Alexander E., 1979 -)
Edition:1st ed.
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible.-Revelation-Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Government, Resistance to-Biblical teaching
B Nonviolence-Biblical teaching
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic

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520 |a Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Revelation's Use of Nonviolence -- Revelation as Resistance Literature -- Jesus and the Cross -- Worship and Song -- Visions of Destruction -- The New Jerusalem -- Revelation's Call for Nonviolent Resistance -- How to Resist an Empire -- Enduring Resistance -- Noncooperation -- Witness -- When Revelation Isn't Nonviolent -- Dreams of Death and Destruction -- From Balaam to the Beast -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- About the Author. 
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