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Revelation and the Marble Economy of Roman Ephesus
- A People's History Approach
Af: Anna M. V. Bowden
Engelsk Hardback
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Revelation and the Marble Economy of Roman Ephesus
- A People's History Approach
Af: Anna M. V. Bowden
Engelsk Hardback
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In an effort to bring the (im)practicalities of John’s command for withdrawal from cultural participation in 18:4 to the forefront of scholarly discourse, this book reconstructs the marble economy of ancient Ephesus and proceeds to read Revelation by foregrounding the daily lives of its marble-workers. This book argues that Ephesus was a major center of the marble economy in the Roman world and that the infrastructure that went into creating, building, and sustaining such an enterprise generated the need for a large workforce. Anna M. V. Bowden further demonstrates that the majority of marble-workers endured poor working conditions and struggled on a daily basis to ensure subsistence. Finally, Bowden explores the ways marble-workers participated in empire “through the work of their hands” (9:20) and questions John’s characterization of marble-workers as idolaters, sorcerers, murderers, fornicators, and thieves. Bowden concludes that the praxis Revelation requires from its audience of complete withdrawal is pragmatically not sustainable and is ultimately a manifesto leaving marble-workers jobless, hungry, and with a heightened risk for malnutrition, disease, injury, and even death.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
246
ISBN-13:
9781978710177
Indbinding:
Hardback
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ISBN-10:
1978710178
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Udg. Dato:
10 dec 2020
Længde:
18mm
Bredde:
163mm
Højde:
238mm
Forlag:
Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato:
10 dec 2020
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