Babylon and the Brethren

by James Harding

This book is a history of the Whore of Babylon image found in the book of Revelation, with an emphasis upon the use and influence of the text on the Brethren of the nineteenth century. The Brethren developed a multi-layered exegesis of the text, using Babylon as a form of vituperative rhetoric through which to vilify all other Christians in order to define their own religious identity. Those with divergent doctrinal beliefs belonged to an epistemological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625648855
• ISBN13: 9781625648853
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"