Silence and Praise : Rhetorical Cosmology and Political Theology in the Book of Revelation /

In Silence and Praise, Ryan Leif Hansen begins with the premise that cosmology is a central focus in John’s Apocalypse. However, John’s intention in reflecting theologically on the nature, existence, and destiny of the created world is not in order to explicate a stable system....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hansen, Ryan Leif (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2014
Colección:Emerging scholars.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bible. > Revelation > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Political theology.
Cosmology.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • "The apocalyptic technique" : how John's apocalypse makes meaning
  • The war of worldcraft : John's cosmic rhetoric against Roman imperial cult discourse
  • The three cycles of seven as object of interpretation
  • Silence : the prayerful endurance and non-participation of the saints
  • Praise : narrating the emergence of God's reign and the new creation
  • Silence and praise : economic non-participation and narrating the new creation
  • Toward an apocalyptic political theology
  • Bibliography
  • Index of subjects and names.

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