The thirteenth volume in this landmark series examines the Revelation of John through the categories of post-colonial thought, deconstruction, ethics, Roman social discourse, masculinization, virginity, and violence. The reach of this volume therefore goes beyond that of most feminist studies of Revelation, which frequently focus on the female imagery: the Thyatiran prophet called 'Jezebel', the 'Woman Clothed with the Sun', the 'Whore of Babylon', and the 'Bride'/the 'Heavenly Jerusalem'. The symbols of Revelation remain open and interpetations continue. Some readers will refuse to rejoice at the dismemberment of the Woman-who-is-Babylon; they will resist the (masochistic? infantile?) self-abasement before this imperial Deity who rules by patriarchal domination. Others will conclude that these descriptions are 'only' metaphors, separate form from substance, and worship the transcendent to which the metaphors imperfectly point. Some readers will understand, if not fully condone, John's rhetoric by seeking his political and social location; others will condone, if not fully understand, how the Apocalypse can provide comfort to those undergoing persecution or deprivation.

Some readers may reject the coercive aspects of a choice between spending eternity in praise of the divine or being 'tortured' with fire and sulfer; others may rejoice in their own salvation while believing that those being tortured deserve every pain inflicting upon them; still others may use mimicry or parody or anachronistic analogy to challenge, defang, or replace John's message. What we find behind the veil may be beautiful, or terrifying, or both, but we cannot avert our eyes: John's vision is too influential today, in our own political climate, not to look for ourselves.

The Feminist Companion to the Apocalypse of John includes contributions by David L. Barr, Mary Ann Beavis, Greg Carey, Adela Yarbro Collins, Lynn R. Huber, Catherine Keller, John Marshall, Stephen Moore, Jorunn Økland, Hanna Stenström, Pamela Thimmes, and Carolyn Vander Stichele. There is an introduction by Amy-Jill Levine and a comprehensive bibliography.

Auteur

Amy-Jill Levine is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, and director of the Carpenter Program in religion, gender and sexuality in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Contenu

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Preface

Amy Jill-Levine (Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, USA)
Introduction

John W. Marshall (Assistant Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto, ON, Canada)
Gender and Empire: Sexualized Violence in John's Anti-Imperial Apocalypse

Hanna Stenström (Doctor of Theology, University of Uppsala, Sweden)
'They have not defiled themselves with women...' Christian identity according to the Book of Revelation

David L. Barr (Professor of Religoin, Wright State University, OH, USA)
Women in Myth and History: Deconstructing John's Characterizations

Pamela Thimmes (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton, OH, USA)
'Teaching and Beguiling My Servants': The Letter to Thyatira (Rev. 2.18-29)

Jorunn Økland (Professor of Gender Studies, University of Oslo, Norway)
Why Can't the Heavenly Miss Jerusalem Just Shut Up?

Catherine Vander Stichele (Universitair Docent in Religious Studies, University of Amsterdan, The Netherlands)
Re-membering the Whore: The Fate of Babylon According to Revelation 17.16

Adela Yarbro Collins (Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation,Yale Divinity School, CT, USA)
Feminine Symbolism in the Book of Revelation

Mary Ann Beavis (Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Anthropology, St. Thomas More College, Saskatoon, Canada)
Jezebel Speaks: Naming the Goddesses in the Book of Revelation

Greg Carey (Professor of New Testament, Greg Carey, Lancaster Theological Seminary, PA, USA)
A Man's Choice: Wealth Imagery and the Two Cities of the Book of Revelation

Lynn R. Huber (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, New Testament and Early Christianity, Elon University, NC, USA)
Unveiling the Bride: Revelation 19.1-8 and Roman Social Discourse

Stephen D. Moore (Professor of New Testament, Drew Univeristy, NJ, USA)
Hypermasculinity and Divinity

Catherine Keller (Professor of Constructive Theology, Drew Univeristy, NJ, USA)
Ms.Calculating the Endtimes: Additions and Conversation

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