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Apocalypse And Allegiance: Worship, Politics, And Devotion In The Book Of Revelation
In this lively introduction, J. Nelson Kraybill shows how the book of Revelation was understood by its original readers and what it means for Christians today. Kraybill places Revelation in its first-century context, opening a window into the political, economic, and social realities of the early church. His fresh interpretation highlights Revelation's liturgical structure...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
April 1st 2010
by Brazos Press
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This is one of the best and most helpful books I have read in a long time. As both a minister and preacher, this is a book I've been waiting for. Finally a book that helps unravel the language and symbols of the last book of the Christian Bible. If you are looking for a traditional commentary that covers the Revelation of John, this is NOT the book for you. But, if you are looking for a book that will help open up the world that John was writing to and help explain how and why he composed his ap...more
Another book on Revelation--did I really need it my inner critic wondered? But, how it meets me and adds some thinking and questions I'd wished for during my all too short summer class on Revelation. Within Kraybill's approach, the context of Revelation comes into sharp focus, violence and the many symbols within Revelation become more intelligible, and our need for imagination in our religious practices cries out.
Here's just one of many paragraphs that speak to me: "The world around us may be...more
Here's just one of many paragraphs that speak to me: "The world around us may be...more
This was a book that I enjoyed, but cannot get behind. Better yet, I like the contemporary applications and conclusions he comes to, but object to the systemic misreading of Revelation he did to get there. He views Revelation as primarily a polemic against Rome and political powers; it is actually an Israel-centric book focused on the end of the Old Covenant. Yet there is good insight here for the post-Old Covenant era, and I think reflects an application of Revelation to modern states taht set...more
I'm not going to get into too much detail, other than to say that this is not one of those books on Revelation in the style of "let's try our hand and prophecy and prediction," but rather, looks at the actual issues John of Patmos was addressing as he was addressing Christians living under the yoke of Roman Empire.
This is one of the best "accidentally anarchist" books that I have read. (I'm demonstrating confirmation bias, I know.)
Here are my favorite quotes:
"The pressing issue for John's reader...more
This is one of the best "accidentally anarchist" books that I have read. (I'm demonstrating confirmation bias, I know.)
Here are my favorite quotes:
"The pressing issue for John's reader...more
A commentary on the book of Revelations that for once is not about pre-millennial prophecies imported into the present day, but rather one that deals with the social and political environment at the time St John was writing. A valuable book today therefore not only for understanding Revelations in its historical context, but also on how a Christian is to live as an "alien, an exile in a foreign land".
AN excellent book - not as scholarly as what of Ben WItherington III, but with a different focus. I really appreciated his call for worship and action. The only minor difficulty is, in his attempt to make his ideas accessable to all, a reader with a lot of Bible knowledge may at times feel talked down to. Nevertheless, this is a good read, and well worth the effort.
A very welcome book that illuminates the first-century political/religious context of John's Apocalypse. Kraybill reveals the deeply political nature of Revelation, making the book useful for understanding worship and allegiance for those of us living in the belly of the twenty-first century beast. I wish he would have directly engaged the dispensationalists more than he did, but this remains a valuable and compelling alternative to the dreadful pop eschatology found in Hal Lindsey and the Left...more
Excellent survey of John's Revelation. Very thoughtful applications for Jesus followers today.
A good read for people who want to study Revelation within a historical perspective. It also appealed to parts within me that love Roman history and are skeptical of Tim LaHaye.
Probably a good text for an adult Bible study. Given the subtitle, I had hoped for something more.
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