TY - BOOK ID - 3513516 TI - The alter-imperial paradigm : empire studies & the book of Revelation PY - 2016 VL - 140 SN - 9789004308022 9004308024 9789004308398 9004308393 PB - Leiden ; Boston Koninklijke Brill NV DB - UniCat KW - 228 KW - Apocalyps. Boek der Openbaring van Johannes. Apocalyptiek KW - Imperialism KW - Colonialism KW - Empires KW - Expansion (United States politics) KW - Neocolonialism KW - Political science KW - Anti-imperialist movements KW - Caesarism KW - Chauvinism and jingoism KW - Militarism KW - Biblical teaching. KW - Scott, James C. KW - Bible. KW - Abūghālimsīs KW - Apocalipse (Book of the New Testament) KW - Apocalisse (Book of the New Testament) KW - Apocalypse (Book of the New Testament) KW - Apocalypse of John KW - Apocalypse of St. John KW - Apocalypsis Johannis KW - Apocalypsis S. Johannis KW - Apokalypse (Book of the New Testament) KW - Apokalypsin KW - Book of Revelation KW - Johannes-Apokalypse KW - Johannesapokalypse KW - Johannesoffenbarung KW - Offenbarung des Johannes KW - Revelation (Book of the New Testament) KW - Revelation of St. John KW - Revelation of St. John the Divine KW - Revelation to John KW - Ruʼyā (Book of the New Testament) KW - Sifr al-Ruʼyā KW - Yohan kyesirok KW - Postcolonial criticism. KW - Apokalipsa św. Jana KW - Apokalipsa świętego Jana UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3513516 AB - Many assume the book of Revelation is merely an “anti-imperial” attack on the Roman Empire. Yet, Shane J. Wood argues this conclusion over-exaggerates Rome’s significance and, thus, misses Revelation’s true target—the construction of the alter-empire through the destruction of the preeminent adversary: Satan. Applying insights from Postcolonial criticism and 'Examinations of Dominance,' this monograph challenges trajectories of New Testament Empire Studies by developing an Alter-Imperial paradigm that appreciates the complexities between the sovereign(s) and subject(s) of a society—beyond simply rebellion or acquiescence. Shane J. Wood analyses Roman propaganda, Jewish interaction with the Flavians, and Domitianic persecution to interpret Satan's release (Rev 20:1-10) as the climax of God's triumphal procession. Thus, Rome provides the imagery; Eden provides the target. ER -