HUMA 2830 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: First Epistle Of Peter, Apocalypse, Apocalypticism
19 Nov 2014
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Example: let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which god has established. The authorities that exist have been established by god. 499: as ehrman says, in short, christianity as experienced by this author (john) was an oppressed and persecuted religion (ehrman, 499), john speaks negatively of the roman government throughout his revelation. According to ehrman, john is directing his anger against the roman government, which was mainly responsible for the oppression of the christians (499) In his view, this government will not survive, since god was soon going to destroy it (499) Revelation: ehrman (499: in general, revelation corresponds to the basic description of an apocalypse, it is a rst hand account written by a prophet who has been shown a vision of heaven that explains the realities of earth. A vision that is mediated by angels and full of bizarre and mysterious symbolism.
