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Karen L. King offers an illuminating reading of this ancient text, said to be Christ's revelation to his disciple John. In her analysis, the Revelation becomes a comprehensible religious vision--and a window on the religious culture of the Roman Empire. A translation of the complete Secret Revelation of John is included.

Christian literature, Early --- History and criticism. --- Apocryphon of John --- Apocalypse of John (Gnostic) --- Secret book of John --- Secret revelation to John --- Apocryphon Johannis --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Bible --- Critique et exégèse.

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How were ideas and experiences of transformation expressed in early Christianity and early Judaism? This volume explores the social and philosophical frameworks within which transformative ideas such as resurrection and practices of becoming "a new being" were shaped. It also explores the analogies and parameters by which transformation was being observed, noted and asserted. The focus on transformation helps to connect topics that tend to be studied separately, such as cosmology, resurrection, aging, gender, and conversion. The textual material is wide-ranging and there are new readings

Human body --- Change --- Ontology --- Catastrophical, The --- Body, Human --- Human beings --- Body image --- Human anatomy --- Human physiology --- Mind and body --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- Early Christianity. --- Judaism. --- Resurrection. --- Transformation.