Kraybill, J. Nelson. Imperial Cult and Commerce in John’s Apocalypse. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. See the review by Georg S. Adamsen.
Contemporary-historical criticism
Revelation Reviews ISSN 1397-2936.Volume 1.001. Mar 1997 (Publication date: 29 Mar 1997) J. Nelson Kraybill: Imperial Cult and Commerce in John’s Apocalypse. Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Supplement Series 132; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996. Pp. 262. ISBN: 1-85075-616-3. This book, written by J. Nelson Kraybill, is based on his doctoral thesis, [...]
IntroductionThe contemporary-historical approach often focuses on the relationship between the Asian churches and their situation. This means that
Marshall, John W.: Parables of the War: Reading the Apocalypse within Judaism and during the Judaean War. Ph.D.-dissertation, Princeton University. Supervisor: John G. Gager. Date of defence: 7th November 1997 This dissertation resituates the Apocalypse of John as a document of the Jewish diaspora during the Judaean War. The argument of the study is that [...]