A Feminist Companion to the Apocalypse of John (2009 Levine, Robbins), edited volume
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A Feminist Companion to the Apocalypse of John (2008) is a volume edited by Amy-Jill Levine, and Maria Mayo Robbins.
Abstract
"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."--Publisher description.
Editions
Published in London, England: T&T Clark International, 2009.
Contents
External links
- 2009
- Scholarship
- Edited volumes
- American Scholarship
- English language
- Made in the 2000s
- Johannine Studies
- Johannine Studies--Scholarship
- Johannine Studies--American Scholarship
- Johannine Studies--English language
- Apocalyptic Studies
- Apocalyptic Studies--Scholarship
- Apocalyptic Studies--American Scholarship
- Apocalyptic Studies--English language
- Revelation of john (text)