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- Season 1 Introduction: Why Study the New Testament?
- Season 1 From Stories to Canon
- Season 1 The Greco-Roman World
- Season 1 Judaism in the First Century
- Season 1 The New Testament as History
- Season 1 The Gospel of Mark
- Season 1 The Gospel of Matthew
- Season 1 The Gospel of Thomas
- Season 1 The Gospel of Luke
- Season 1 The Acts of the Apostles
- Season 1 Johannine Christianity: The Gospel 92,407 views
- Season 1 Johannine Christianity: The Letters
- Season 1 The Historical Jesus
- Season 1 Paul as Missionary
- Season 1 Paul as Pastor
- Season 1 Paul as Jewish Theologian
- Season 1 Paul's Disciples
- Season 1 Arguing with Paul?
- Season 1 The "Household" Paul: The Pastorals
- Season 1 The "Anti-household" Paul: Thecla
- Season 1 Interpreting Scripture: Hebrews
- Season 1 Interpreting Scripture: Medieval Interpretations
- Season 1 Apocalyptic and Resistance
- Season 1 Apocalyptic and Accommodation
- Season 1 Ecclesiastical Institutions: Unity, Martyrs, and Bishops
- Season 1 The "Afterlife" of the New Testament and Postmodern Interpretation
New Testament History and Literature with Dale B. Martin - Season 1 Episode 23 Apocalyptic and Resistance
10.00 48 minutes The Apocalypse, or the Revelation of John, shares many of the traits found in apocalyptic literature: it operates in dualisms--earthly events contrasted with heavenly ones, present time with the imminent future, and it calls for cultural and political resistance. Its structure is like a spiral, presenting cycle after cycle of building tension and reprieve, so that the reader who experiences the text also experiences crisis and then catharsis. Politically, Revelation equates Rome with Babylon and the empire as the domain of Satan.
