Mapping the End: On Monsters and Maps in the Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation is a map of the end time. Its apocalyptic story is full of monsters, from the throne room to the abyss. Using new studies in literary cartography and spatiality studies, I argue that the text of Revelation can be read as a map, and that it is itself a monster.

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Subtitles:Articles
Main Author: Pippin, Tina 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2020]
In: Interpretation
Year: 2020, Volume: 74, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-196
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Revelation / Monster / Space / Spatial conception / Spatial turn / Biblical geography / Cartography
RelBib Classification:AF Geography of religion
HC New Testament
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Spatial turn in literature
B Apocalyptic Literature
B Literary cartography
B Fantasy literature
B Geocriticism
B Revelation
B Monsters
B animal studies
B Map
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