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diff --git a/chapter3.md b/chapter3.md index 13dfc63..00d6f7a 100644 --- a/chapter3.md +++ b/chapter3.md @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ catastrophe is the dominant effective symbol associated with apocalyptic language. In what remains of this chapter, I will argue that in the case of the Apocalypse -of St John, by far the dominant model of apocalyptic literature in the +of John, by far the dominant model of apocalyptic literature in the post-Christendom West, these criticisms do not cut. For John and his historical audience, John's visions of catastrophe were essential to his critique of the Roman Empire. In contrast to the accusations of fatalism, conservatism and @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ creation, while the nations of the earth flood in to worship and to receive life and healing. 'It is an ethic for martyrdom,' as John J. Collins, a leading scholar on biblical apocalyptic, puts it [@apocalyptic-imagination, chp. 9]. -St John's rhetoric therefore is against fatalism: he motivates and calls his +John's rhetoric therefore is against fatalism: he motivates and calls his audience to meaningful political action. It is against conservatism: he asks his audience to subvert dominant power structures and build a radical alternative society and value system. It is ardently political: his rhetoric is rooted in a |