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<p>In this new interpretation of the <em>Book of Revelation</em>, Jacques M. Chevalier examines the relationship between astromythology and Western interpretation. While scholars have noted the influence of ancient astromythology in <em>Revelation</em> before, Chevalier shows how John's heavenly imagery is the key to a polemical dialogue between modes of storytelling in Western history: astrology and eschatology, and naturalism and logocentrism. The book also explains how the 'genealogical' concerns of modern academia about the origins of natural and cultural history have supplanted the future-oriented visions of sidereal divination and Christian prophecy.</p><p>The first three chapters and epilogue situate Chevalier's biblical analysis in the context of broader interpretations of astrology and the apocalypse developed by Jung, D.H. Lawrence, LTvi-Strauss, Derrida, Foucault, Cassirer, Adorno, Frye, Barthes, and Morin. They also provide the reader with a solid background in the history of astrological belief systems and exegetic readings of <em>Revelation</em> extending from antiquity to the late twentieth century. The remaining chapters are devoted to two questions. First, how does

Author

Jacques M. Chevalier

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781442678651