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This dissertation represents the first full-length study of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Smutnoe vremia or "Time of Troubles" (1598-1613), one of the most disastrous and turbulent phases in Russian history. The death of a dynasty, famine, civil war, pretenders to the t…

The birth-pang imagery of Rev 12:2 is an important part of the description of the Great Sign in Revelation 12 and draws on the varied uses of birth-pang imagery in the Bible. Revelation 12 is unique in its combination of the motifs of heavenly splendor and birth pangs. The uniqu…