Parables of War: Reading John's Jewish Apocalypse

From: Journal of Biblical Literature | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Parables of War: Reading John's Jewish Apocalypse, by John W. Marshall. Studies in Christianity and Judaism 10. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001. Pp. vii + 258. $29.95 (paper).

In the introduction to this provocative but flawed work, "a Jew named John" gazes from the island of Patmos at the events across the Roman Empire during the turbulent year 69 C.E. Like Saruman with his palantir in Orthanc, he sees all! In the east the siege of Jerusalem and, farther east, the ghost of Nero leading the armies of Parthia against Rome; in the west, assassination and civil war in Italy; ...

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