RT Article
T1 The Beatific Vision as a Posing Exhibition: Revelation's Hypermasculine Deity
JF Journal for the study of the New Testament
VO 18
IS 60
SP 27
OP 55
A1 Moore, Stephen D. 1954-
LA English
PB Sage
YR 1996
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1776988515
AB Rejecting recent apologetic readings of Revelation that affirm the otherness of its deity, this article attempts to demonstrate the extent to which Revelation's theology is a male fantasy. For the author of Revelation, eternal bliss consists in the uninterrupted vision of a being who is divine, 'perfect' and hypermasculine. Is there a contempo rary cultural analogue to this apotheosis of the hegemonic male as the ultimate object of vision, adoration, identification and desire? Yes, the bodybuilding posing exhibition. Using contemporary testaments to male narcissism, bodybuilding magazines in particular, the article atempts to decipher an ancient testament to male narcissism.
DO 10.1177/0142064X9601806002