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T1  - "Who is like the Beast, and Who Can Fight Against It?" : Alternatives to the Empire in the Book of Revelation 
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UR  - URN:NBN:fi:hulib-201603091263; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/160940 
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A1  - Hietanen, Heikki 
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PB  - Helsingfors universitet 
Y1  - 2016 
LA  - eng 
AB  - This thesis is a reading of the Book of Revelation where the text’s relationship to both the Roman Empire and empires in general is evaluated. As it becomes clear that the author views the Roman Empire of his time in negative terms, two categories are used in evaluating the nature of his critique. When he opposes the Roman empire with patterns and rhetoric that are similar to the pattern of empires, his views are classified as alter-empire. When empire is resisted with something profoundly diffe... 
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KW  - Book of Revelation; apocalypse; empire; early Christianity; Roman Empire; postcolonial theory; The Religious Roots of Europe; The Religious Roots of Europe; The Religious Roots of Europe 
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