The Book of Revelation: Justice and Judgment (Second Edition)

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenzas pioneering and widely acclaimed volume now reissued with a new Preface and Epilogue has served to reorient interpretations of this controversial book. Rather than finding an individual Christian vision of a fiery endtime Schussler Fiorenza writes of Christian communities living in the shadow of imperial power fearing denunciation by their neighbors yet envisioning the eventual effect of Jesus Christs resurrection and enthronement on the whole social order. In Schüssler Fiorenzas theological-historical analyses the Book of Revelation is a literary product of early Christian prophecy and her interpretation leads to distinctive notions of the books composition social intent relation to the Gospel of John and visionary rhetoric of apocalypse and justice.