00763nam a22001697a 4500 9780143121633 228.06 Pagels, Elaine Revelations : Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation Elaine Pagels New York Penguin Books 2013 ix,244 Pages 13x20 cm PB Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation. Include Notes and Index. Explores the New Testament book of Revelation in a historical first-century context, reinterpreting the book as a scathing attack on the decadence of Rome that was subsequently adopted by early Christians as a weapon against heresy. Eschatology Bible.--Revelation BK 30722 30722 0 0 0 228_060000000000000_P128R_2013 0 NFIC 30051 GPL GPL GEN 2017-04-20 CRV/GPLM/12/2016 520.00 228.06 P128R 2013 35675 2017-04-20 2017-04-20 BK