Revelation 21-22 in light of Jewish and Greco-Roman utopianism
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Revelation 21-22 in light of Jewish and Greco-Roman utopianism
（Biblical interpretation series, v. 118）
Brill, 2013
- : hardback
Available at 5 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-308) and indexes
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Description
In Revelation 21-22 in Light of Jewish and Greco-Roman Utopianism, Eric J. Gilchrest offers a creative and compelling reading of Revelation 21-22 as understood through the lens of ancient utopianism. The work is in two parts beginning with a detailed portrait of ancient utopianism based on Greco-Roman and Jewish traditions. The portrait sketches the "topography" of the utopian landscape, which includes a thorough account of various traditions using fourteen utopian topoi or motifs.
The author then moves to a description of Revelation's new Jerusalem in light of these two utopian traditions. With sensitivity to how this text would have been read by each utopian perspective, the author constructs a unique reading of a classic passage that highlights the variety of ways the text originally may have been heard.
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