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Lecture given by Dr.Maia Kotrosits, from Denison University.

Depicting God鈥檚 judgment and the destruction of a corrupt world, followed by the redemption of the faithful, John鈥檚 Revelation is often understood as the unique beliefs of first century Christians, if not also a prediction of what is still to come. By contrast, this lecture proposes an understanding of Revelation neither as prediction nor as theological statement, but rather as a felt and fantasized response to Roman power as imagined by everyday people in the Roman provinces 鈥� those who had little actual contact with Roman rulers and administration. What then might Revelation鈥檚 fantasies of power and destruction express for its first century readers? What changes when we read early Christian literature as an 鈥渁rchive of feelings鈥� rather than straightforward theological or doctrinal statements? And what do feelings and fantasies have to do with the writing of history?