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Series
Fathers of the church volume 63
Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Pub. Date
1969
Language
English
Author
Series
Fathers of the church volume 54
Publisher
Catholic University of America Press
Pub. Date
1965
Language
English
Series
Early Judaism and its literature volume no. 35
Publisher
Society of Biblical Literature
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
15) Clothing sacred scriptures: book art and book religion in Christian, Islamic and Jewish cultures
Series
Manuscripta Biblica volume Volume 2
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"In the book of Revelation, John appeals to the faithful to avoid the temptations of wealth, which he connects with evil and disobedience within secular society. New Testament scholars have traditionally viewed his somewhat radical stance as a reaction to the social injustices and idolatry of the imperial Roman cults of the day. Mark D. Mathews argues that John's rejection of affluence was instead shaped by ideas in the Jewish literature of the Second...