Spectacles of Empire
ISBN: 9780812201970
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / University of Pennsylvania Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Rome in the Bible.;

The author reads the Book of Revelation as a text firmly situated in the world of imperial Roman Asia Minor, where it was written. He argues that Revelation is a Christian version of that world, complete with its own gladiatorial combats and other public spectacles.


Christopher A. Frilingos teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Michigan State University.
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