The Alter-Imperial Paradigm: Empire Studies & the Book of Revelation

by Shane J Wood and Shane J. Wood

Many assume the book of Revelation is merely an "anti-imperial" attack on the Roman Empire. Yet, Shane J. Wood argues this conclusion over-exaggerates Rome's significance and, thus, misses Revelation's true target--the construction of the alter-empire through the destruction of the preeminent adversary: Satan. Applying insights from Postcolonial criticism and 'Examinations of Dominance, ' this monograph challenges trajectories of New Testament Empire...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004308024
• ISBN13: 9789004308022
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"