Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 350 pages
- Published by: Walter de Gruyter March 2001
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 3110170086
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-3110170085
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.4 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.5 pounds
Book Description
Archaeological, epigraphic, numismatic, and historical research is used to illuminate the meaning and function of temples in both Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures. This evidence is then brought into a dialogue with a literary analysis of how the temple functions as a symbol in Revelation.
Revised Ph.D. dissertation 1999. The author is professor of religion at Rochester College.