{"product_id":"the-nero-antichrist-founding-and-fashioning-a-paradigm-paperback-softback-9781108798358","title":"The Nero-Antichrist; Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108798358","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Nero-Antichrist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFounding and Fashioning a Paradigm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRefutes the commonly-held perception that Nero should be understood as the Antichrist figure in the Bible.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShushma Malik (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108798358, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e246 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 1.3 cm, 0.37 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIt has traditionally been assumed that biblical writers considered Nero to be the Antichrist.. This book refutes that view. Beginning by challenging the assumption that literary representations of Nero as tyrant would have been easily recognisable to those in the eastern Roman empire, where most Christian populations were located, Shushma Malik then deconstructs the associations often identified by scholars between Nero and the Antichrist in the New Testament. Instead, she demonstrates that the Nero-Antichrist paradigm was a product of late antiquity. Using now firmly established traits and themes from classical historiography, late-antique Christians used Nero as a means with which to explore and communicate the nature of the Antichrist. This proved successful, and the paradigm was revived in the nineteenth century in the works of philosophers, theologians, and novelists to inform debates about the era's fin-de-siècle anxieties and religious controversies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: Neronian Myths\u003cbr\u003e 2. Nero and the Bible\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Invention of the Nero-Antichrist\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reviving the Nero-Antichrist\u003cbr\u003e 5. Epilogue: The Legacy of Revival\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. List of Early-Christian References to the Nero-Antichrist\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Bibles [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Bibles\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Bibles%20%5BHRCF%5D%22\"\u003eHRCF\u003c\/a\u003e], Church history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Church history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Church%20history%20%5BHRCC2%5D%22\"\u003eHRCC2\u003c\/a\u003e], Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472145477912,"sku":"9781108798358","price":21.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108798358i.jpg?v=1785718831","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-nero-antichrist-founding-and-fashioning-a-paradigm-paperback-softback-9781108798358","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}