ENGL 260 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ahaz, Nazirite, Misogyny

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 260
• Professor: Boyarin Shamma

Document Summary

The word christ directly translates as messiah: chrisians believe that jesus is the messiah, jews believe that the messiah has yet to come, messiah must be of the lineage of david. Visionary lit: occurs while awake (unlike dreams, visions can show any ime (past, present, or future, visions = images while prophesies = words. Revelaion: god jesus angel john (the apostle, the 24 thrones represent: 12 fathers of israel: the word is the greek apocalypse which means something revealed , the book implies that the end-ime is imminent, however, this is subjecive. The ime is at hand: 7 churches: Fix your ways, or i"ll destroy you. : has a consistent theme of the value of chrisian martyrdom. People are dying for chrisianity (persecuion by the romans) Be faithful unil death : lamb = jesus, lion of judah = jesus, dragon = satan, blood of the lamb = jesus"s sacriice, rome: Represented by the beast (given power by satan)