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The Walls of Babylon: An Alternative Reading of the Revelation to John

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by David Arthur

    • Author

      David Arthur

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Fortress Academic

    • Published

      August 2019

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    The Walls of Babylon: An Alternative Reading of the Revelation to John

    Today's Price £94.49

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    Product Description

    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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    • Author

      David Arthur

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Fortress Academic

    • Published

      August 2019

    • Weight

      713g

    • Dimensions

      153 x 229 x 24 mm

    • ISBN

      9781978702493

    • ISBN-10

      1978702493

    • Eden Code

      5090258

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    • Author/Creator: David Arthur

    • ISBN: 9781978702493

    • Publisher: Fortress Academic

    • Release Date: August 2019

    • Weight: 713g

    • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 24 mm

    • Eden Code: 5090258

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