TY  - BOOK
AU  - Worth,Roland H.
TI  - The seven cities of the Apocalypse and Roman culture
SN  - 0809138743 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BR 185 .W67 1952
PY  - 1952///
CY  - New York
PB  - Paulist Press
KW  - Johannes-Apokalypse
KW  - swd
KW  - Seven churches
KW  - Christianity and culture
KW  - Turkey
KW  - History
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Exegese
KW  - R�omisches Reich
KW  - Sieben Gemeinden
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-248) and index; Overview: first-century Roman government and society -- Rome and its Asian province -- Characteristics of life in Roman Asia -- John, Patmos, and the revipients of his 'revelation' -- The imperial cult in Roman Asia and the nature of official persecution -- Epilogue: the seven churches as reflections of Romanized culture
ER  -