Revelation

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This paper discusses the Book of Revelation. It analyzes Christopher A. Frilingos' view of the content of the book as described in his work "Spectacles of Empire: Monsters, Martyrs and the Book of Revelation." The paper analyzes Frilingos' explanations of Revelation's relationship to its ancient environment as well as Frilingos' examination of the text.

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"In the opening of the work, Frilingos offers a synopsis of the dominant opinion of theologians on the nature of the Book of Revelations and then quickly moves on to his argument. Offering the dominant scholarly interpretation in such a dismissive way does lend credence to the work but could be more fully explained, as the author, intent on changing minds quickly switches his focus to his own thesis and remains there throughout the text. The work raises a whole list of issues for further discussion as it puts cannon in light of a more full idea of context, available today through extensive literary and historical analysis that was previously unavailable. I was convinced that the author was defiantly on to something with his interpretation of the Book of Revelation, as through careful documentation one can easily see how the work may have been utilized as a persuasive tool to introduce outsiders to Christianity in a manner that was befitting their dominant and possibly crumbling culture."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Frilingos, Christopher (2004) Spectacles of Empire: Monsters, Martyrs, and the Book of Revelation. Pennsylvania, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.

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