Blaspheming Heaven: Revelation 13:4-8 and the Competition for Heaven in Roman Imperial Ideology and the Visions of John
In Rev 13:6, the Beast is said to blaspheme God as well as the ones who dwell in heaven. This paper addresses two questions in relation to this verse, firstly, Who are the heaven-dwellers? And secondly, How were they blasphemed by the Beast? The text of Revelation is read as narrative and in the con...
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Novum Testamentum
Year: 2017, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-51 |
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Revelation
cosmology
Roman imperial ideology
heaven
persecution
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