Bibliothèque Don Bosco de Lubumbashi
Auteur Peter S. Perry
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Critiquing the Excess of Empire / Peter S. Perry in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 29.4 (june 2007)
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Titre : Critiquing the Excess of Empire : A Synkrisis of John of Patmos and Dio of Prusa Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Peter S. Perry, Auteur Année de publication : 2007 Article en page(s) : pp. 473-496. Langues : Anglais (eng) Résumé : Despite their many differences, John the Seer of Patmos and Dio the rhetorphilosopher of Prusa share a basic critique of the Roman Empire. Limiting the comparison to Rev. 18 and Dio's twelfth Olympic Oration (with an important reference to Dio's thirteenth Oration), this essay concludes that John and Dio critique the violence, exploitation and luxury of Rome, grounding their analysis in divine sovereignty over earthly rulers. This common critique suggests that John's message may have been sympathetically heard by a wider audience than simply a few Christian communities, and that Revelation should be reevaluated in this light.
in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 29.4 (june 2007) . - pp. 473-496.[article] Critiquing the Excess of Empire : A Synkrisis of John of Patmos and Dio of Prusa [texte imprimé] / Peter S. Perry, Auteur . - 2007 . - pp. 473-496.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 29.4 (june 2007) . - pp. 473-496.
Résumé : Despite their many differences, John the Seer of Patmos and Dio the rhetorphilosopher of Prusa share a basic critique of the Roman Empire. Limiting the comparison to Rev. 18 and Dio's twelfth Olympic Oration (with an important reference to Dio's thirteenth Oration), this essay concludes that John and Dio critique the violence, exploitation and luxury of Rome, grounding their analysis in divine sovereignty over earthly rulers. This common critique suggests that John's message may have been sympathetically heard by a wider audience than simply a few Christian communities, and that Revelation should be reevaluated in this light.