{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67932d407f8793436df851fd/67da9751fe6b19f2d28f1664?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Number of the Beast","description":"<p>Thank you for listening to the Myth &amp; Metal Podcast!  </p><p><br></p><p>This episode discusses Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast. We discuss the song's history, themes, and influences, and then do some hardcore history and dive deep into the origins of the Beast, or Antichrist, as a mythological figure.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast: </h2><p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM?si=TxR1cah_8r2bfpFW\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/WxnN05vOuSM?si=TxR1cah_8r2bfpFW</a> </p><p><br></p><h2>Iron Maiden's Website: </h2><p><a href=\"https://www.ironmaiden.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.ironmaiden.com/</a> </p><p><br></p><h2>Further Reading/Listening: </h2><p>Psycho Schizo Espresso: Episode 1: Decoding the Bible’s Deepest, Darkest Secret: 666 - The Number of the Beast </p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-1-decoding-the-bibles-deepest-darkest-secret/id1590913498?i=1000540256727\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-1-decoding-the-bibles-deepest-darkest-secret/id1590913498?i=1000540256727</a> </p><p>History Ago Go: The Antichrist: A New Biography (Philip C. Almond) </p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-antichrist-a-new-biography-philip-c-almond/id1523590325?i=1000542057078\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-antichrist-a-new-biography-philip-c-almond/id1523590325?i=1000542057078</a> </p><p>Misquoting Jesus Podcast: The Book of Revelation and the End of the World: Are the Signs Now Being Fulfilled? </p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-book-of-revelation-and-the-end-of-the/id1650657462?i=1000599490312\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/the-book-of-revelation-and-the-end-of-the/id1650657462?i=1000599490312</a> </p><p>The Antichrist: A New Biography, Philip C Almond </p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com.au/Antichrist-Biography-Philip-C-Almond/dp/1108479650\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.com.au/Antichrist-Biography-Philip-C-Almond/dp/1108479650</a> </p><p>Armageddon: What the Bible Really Says about the End, Bart D. Ehrman </p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com.au/Armageddon-What-Bible-Really-about/dp/1982147997\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.com.au/Armageddon-What-Bible-Really-about/dp/1982147997</a> </p><p>Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John: Revelation In The Ruins, by Steven J. Friesen </p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com.au/Imperial-Cults-Apocalypse-John-Revelation/dp/0195131533\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.amazon.com.au/Imperial-Cults-Apocalypse-John-Revelation/dp/0195131533</a> </p><p><br></p><h2>References: </h2><p><br></p><p>Emanuel, S. (2020). Backgrounds, Backdrops, and Other Important Starting Points. In Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation: Roasting Rome (pp. 21–60). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. </p><p><br></p><p>Frenschkowski, M. (2015). Nero Redivivus as a Subject of Early Christian Arcane Teaching. In M. Labahn &amp; O. Lehtipuu (Eds.), People under Power: Early Jewish and Christian Responses to the Roman Power Empire (pp. 229–248). Amsterdam University Press.  http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16f985d.12 </p><p><br></p><p>Gumerlock, F. x. (2006). Nero Antichrist: Patristic Evidence for the Use of Nero’s Naming in Calculating the Number of the Beast (Rev 13:18). Westminster Theological Journal, 68(2), 347–360. </p><p><br></p><p>Malik, S. (2020). The Nero-Antichrist: Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. </p><p><br></p><p>McIntyre, G. (2019). Imperial cult. BRILL. </p><p><br></p><p>Shaw, B. D. (2015). The Myth of the Neronian Persecution. The Journal of Roman Studies, 105, 73–100. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26346894</p>","author_name":"Samantha Rogers"}