The mystery of the book of Revelation : reenvisioning the end of time /

This work represents an intersection between two important methods of interpretation. It presents a very complex theory of narrative relating to the experience of time and the production and reception of narrative is applied to the question of the eschatology of the Book of Revelation. The work argu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Afzal, Cameron
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Bible. > Revelation > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Revelation
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Christianity.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Reading time : a matter of method
  • The communal icon
  • The experience of time
  • Inscribed time
  • Apocalypse and prophecy
  • The literary genre apocalypse
  • The apocalypse as prophecy
  • John and his community
  • Who was John?
  • The occasion for John's prophecy
  • A vision of this world in six seals
  • The introductory Merkavah vision
  • Experienced catastrophe
  • The four horsemen : a symbolic year
  • The fifth seal : the plight of the faithful
  • The sixth seal : the signs of the end
  • Sabbath : a new age
  • A window in time
  • The followers of the Lamb.

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