Recovering the monstrous in Revelation
Recognizing the monstrous -- Monsters in the community -- Hidden in plain sight : monstrous deities -- Uncovering a divine army -- A familiar tale : the great red dragon -- Beastly companions -- Woman Babylon : an abjected creature -- Conclusion: Monsters matter.
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Lanham
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
[2021]
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| Dans: | Année: 2021 |
| Collection/Revue: | Horror and scripture
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| Classifications IxTheo: | HC Nouveau Testament |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Good and evil
Biblical teaching
B Bible. Revelation Criticism, interpretation, etc B Monsters in the Bible |
| Résumé: | Recognizing the monstrous -- Monsters in the community -- Hidden in plain sight : monstrous deities -- Uncovering a divine army -- A familiar tale : the great red dragon -- Beastly companions -- Woman Babylon : an abjected creature -- Conclusion: Monsters matter. "Strange hybrid creatures populate the pages of the book of Revelation but only some are called monsters. Heather Macumber challenges traditional binary descriptors of good and evil to argue that all cosmic beings are monstrous, whether they originate in heaven or the abyss"-- |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1978703031 |