Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation
Autor Elaine Pagelsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 feb 2013 – vârsta de la 18 ani
A profound exploration of the Bible's most controversial book—from the author of Beyond Belief and The Gnostic Gospels
The strangest book of the New Testament, filled with visions of the Rapture, the whore of Babylon, and apocalyptic writing of the end of times, the Book of Revelation has fascinated readers for more than two thousand years, but where did it come from? And what are the meanings of its surreal images of dragons, monsters, angels, and cosmic war?
Elaine Pagels, New York Times bestselling author and "the preeminent voice of biblical scholarship to the American public" (The Philadelphia Inquirer), elucidates the true history of this controversial book, uncovering its origins and the roots of dissent, violence, and division in the world's religions. Brilliantly weaving scholarship with a deep understanding of the human needs to which religion speaks, Pagels has written what may be the masterwork of her unique career.Preț: 90.76 lei
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780143121633
ISBN-10: 0143121634
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 137 x 201 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
ISBN-10: 0143121634
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 137 x 201 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
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Recenzii
"Revelations is a slim book that packs in dense layers of scholarship and meaning . . . One of [Elaine Pagels's] great gifts is much in abundance: her ability to ask, and answer, the plainest questions about her material without speaking down to her audience . . . She must be a fiendishly good lecturer."
"One of the significant benefits of Pagels's book is its demonstration of the unpredictability of apocalyptic politics . . . The meaning of the Apocalypse is ever malleable and ready to hand for whatever crisis one confronts. That is one lesson of Pagels's book. Another is that we all should be vigilant to keep some of us from using the vision for violence against others."
"Pagels is an absorbing, intelligent, and eye-opening companion. Calming and broad-minded here, as in her earlier works, she applies a sympathetic and humane eye to texts that are neither subtle nor sympathetically humane but lit instead by fury."
"Any book in the Bible that can be cited simultaneously by deeply conservative end-of-times Christians who see the Apocalypse around the corner and by Marxist-friendly Christians looking forward to justice at the End of History must have a compelling back story. That back story is told well and concisely by Elaine Pagels in her new book, Revelations."
Descriere
A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the bestselling author of "Beyond Belief."
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Elaine Pagels