The Nero-Antichrist

Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm

Shushma Malik (Roehampton University, London)

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English

Cambridge University Press
08 February 2024

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Classical history & classical civilisation; Church history; Bibles

Series: Classics after Antiquity

It 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.

By: Shushma Malik (Roehampton University London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9781108798358
ISBN 10: 1108798357
Series: Classics after Antiquity
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 08 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: Neronian Myths; 2. Nero and the Bible; 3. The Invention of the Nero-Antichrist; 4. Reviving the Nero-Antichrist; 5. Epilogue: The Legacy of Revival; Appendix A. List of Early-Christian References to the Nero-Antichrist; Bibliography; Index.

Shushma Malik is a Lecturer in Classics at the University of Roehampton. She has published book chapters and articles in international journals such as Classical Quarterly. Shushma has also featured as a guest on BBC Radio 3's The Sunday Feature: The Deluxe Edition and BBC Radio 4's In Our Time: Nero.