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  • City of Gods: The New Jerusalem of John’s Revelation in Early Christianity

    City of Gods: The New Jerusalem of John’s Revelation in Early Christianity by Betz, Nathan;

    Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements; 186;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher BRILL
    • Date of Publication 20 February 2025

    • ISBN 9789004549753
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages546 pages
    • Size 235x155 mm
    • Weight 1052 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This is the story of the great and final city of John’s Revelation. Plumbing the first three centuries of Christian literature, this careful narrative highlights the early significance of one of the most influential, evocative, and controversial images in Christian scripture.

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    This is the story of the great and final city of John’s Revelation. Plumbing the first three centuries of Christian literature, this careful narrative highlights the early significance of one of the most influential, evocative, and controversial images in Christian scripture. Chronicling how dozens of early writers, from Justin and Irenaeus to Origen and Methodius, and from the "Montanists" to Tertullian, Victorinus, and Lactantius, imagined and applied the coming New Jerusalem, the study demonstrates how the city, regardless of its myriad and often competing interpretations, always pointed to the highest possible union of God and humanity both here and now and in the age to come.

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    Table of Contents:

    Acknowledgements

    Abbreviations



    General Introduction



    Part1 The Beginning until Alexandria (until 190)





    1 Introduction



    2 Papias of Hierapolis and His Presbyterial Tradition: Sourcing the Tradition



    3 Hermas of Rome: Tower, City, and Bride&&&x2014;An Early Allegorical Approach



    4 Justin of Rome: Millennialism Goes to Rome



    5 Melito of Sardis: Reconstructing a Lost Witness



    6 New Prophecy: An Early Orthodox Perspective



    7 Irenaeus of Lyons: The End of the Beginning



    8 Vestiges and Possible Allusions



    9 Part1 Conclusion



    Part2 The Greek Authors (190&&&x2013;313)





    10 Introduction: The New Jerusalem and John&&&x2019;s Revelation in Rome and Alexandria



    11 Clement of Alexandria: Flying to Jerusalem



    12 The Hippolytan Corpus: The Christological Turn



    13 Origen: &&&x201C;The City Is the People&&&x201D;



    14 Gregory of Neocaesarea: The Pedagogue and the Polis



    15 Methodius of Olympus: A Greek Synthesis



    16 Part2 Conclusion: What Has Alexandria to Do with Jerusalem?



    Part3 The Latin Authors (190&&&x2013;313)





    17 Introduction: The New Jerusalem in Carthage and Beyond



    18 Tertullian: First Among the Latins



    19 Perpetua and Saturus: Dreaming of Jerusalem



    20 The Two Mountains Sinai and Zion: A Holy and New City



    21 Cyprian of Carthage: City of Gods



    22 Victorinus: The First Latin Exegete



    23 Commodian: Golden Camp, Golden Age



    24 Lactantius: Reigning Together with God



    25 Part3 Conclusion: Millennium and Mysticism



    General Conclusion Eschaton and Telos: The New Jerusalem in Early Christianity



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