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The choice between two cities, whore, bride and empire in the Apocalypse
| Uitgave plaats | Harrisburg |
| Uitgever | Trinity Press International |
| Uitgave jaar | 1999 |
| ISBN/ISSN | 1563382946 |
| Taal | English/Engels |
| Vindplaats | OUDH 8 1999 - B |
| Samenvatting | The Apocalypse depicts New Jerusalem as an alternative to Babylon and calls on the reader to make a choice between the two cities. One way in which the author structures the rhetorical contrast between the cities is to invoke an ethical 'two-women' topos that was well known in the ancient world both from the Jewish wisdom tradition (Proverbs 1-9) and from the story of Heracles's choice (Xenephon's Memoribilia). The topos of the 'two women' provided a framework for exhortation between two alternatives - the 'evil woman' who must be resisted, and the 'good woman' whom the audience should follow. Chapter 2 surveys the 'two-women' topos and its use by a variety of ancient authors. Chapter 3 analyses the prostitute of Rev. 17:1-4 as a stereotypical 'evil woman' and the portrayal of Babylon as 'evil woman' and evil empire. Chapter 4 focuses on the use of the 'city lament' genre in various texts and Revelation 18's taunting of Babylon via laments and dirges. A final chapter studies New Jersualem as the 'good woman' and as an alternative political economy to Rome. |
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