The Relevance Of Johns Apocalypse

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Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0857861018
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revelation written by and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Author : Donald Guthrie
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1610976657
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Relevance of John's Apocalypse written by Donald Guthrie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these Didsbury Lectures, Donald Guthrie examines the practical relevance of the book of Revelation for the church today. With this purpose in view, he does not elaborate upon the literary history of the book, nor upon theories concerning its relevance for the future. However, his theme leads him to pay substantial attention to a variety of current theories concerning the interpretation of certain aspects of the book. This is essentially a practical book. It offers helpful and challenging insights to individuals and to readers who may wish to use it in sermon preparation.

Author : Francis J. SDB Moloney
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493423797
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apocalypse of John written by Francis J. SDB Moloney and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major, paradigm-shifting commentary on Revelation, internationally respected author Francis Moloney brings his keen narrative and exegetical work to bear on one of the most difficult, mysterious, and misinterpreted texts in the biblical canon. Challenging the assumed consensus among New Testament scholars, Moloney reads Revelation not as an exhortation to faithfulness in a period of persecution but as a celebration of the ongoing effects of Jesus's death and resurrection. Foreword by Eugenio Corsini.

Author : Edmondo Lupieri
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802860737
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John written by Edmondo Lupieri and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2006-11-09 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edmondo Lupieri's main goal in A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John is to introduce readers to the mental and spiritual world of John as both a first-century Jew and a follower of Jesus. The fruit of over ten years of research, a constructive response to postmodern criticism, and an academic best-seller in its Italian edition, Lupieri's commentary offers both new proposals and traditional interpretations to shed light on this complex coda to the biblical message. In an illuminating preface Lupieri discusses the strange world of the Apocalypse and promises an open commentary, full of original treatments of knotty interpretive problems. Maintaining a strong historical perspective throughout, he examines the text of the Apocalypse line by line, paying careful attention to the Greek text, offering a new translation, making wide use of apocryphal, pseudepigraphal, and Qumran literature, and often analyzing John's Apocalypse as compared to other Jewish apocalypses. Thoughtful, thorough, and nonsectarian, Lupieri's Commentary on the Apocalypse of John will appeal to anyone with a serious interest in the meaning of the biblical text.

Author : Lawrence R. Farley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936270408
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Apocalypse of St. John written by Lawrence R. Farley and published by . This book was released on 2005-12-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Revelation has inspired controversy ever since it was written in the first century. It was the last book to be accepted into the New Testament canon, and today a myriad of mutually contradictory end-times speculations claim to be based on its teachings. Fr. Lawrence Farley provides a sober, patristic interpretation that reads Revelation in its proper context of Jewish apocalyptic literature. He demonstrates that the most important lesson we can learn from Revelation today is the need to remain faithful in a time of widespread hostility to the Christian faith.About the Orthodox Bible Study Companion Series This commentary series was written for the average layperson. Working from a literal translation of the original Greek, the commentary examines the text section by section, explaining its meaning in everyday language. Written from an Orthodox and patristic perspective, it maintains a balance between the devotional and the exegetical, feeding both the heart and the mind.

Author : C. Marvin Pate
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 0310410398
Total Pages : 589 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Writings of John written by C. Marvin Pate and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of John are some of the most foundational New Testament documents for today’s Christians. Most evangelical teaching about the life of Jesus begins with the Gospel of John, and Christian teaching on the end times relies heavily on the book of Revelation.Students, pastors, and lay learners need solid, up-to-date resources like this book to responsibly study and understand John’s writings. C. Marvin Pate addresses John’s writings according to their logical divisions: the Gospel of John, the Johannine Epistles, and Revelation. Each section includes a thorough introduction to relevant interpretive issues, including historical background, cultural setting, and theological context. Pate presents a two-fold historical setting for John’s gospel, encouraging readers to consider the text from the perspective of Jesus’ day and from John’s situation in Asia Minor sixty years later. He examines the Johannine epistles on issues like authorship, audience, and theological perspective. For the Apocalypse, Pate explores the challenges of John’s first readers, the nature of apocalyptic literature, and the Roman imperial cult, including as well an explanation of how the church has interpreted Revelation over the years. With its thorough discussion, textbook design and four-color interior, The Writings of John sets the standard for introductory texts on biblical books or collections.

Author : John W. Marshall
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889203741
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parables of War written by John W. Marshall and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2001-11-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contending that its characterization as a Christian document has hindered interpretation, Marshall aims to uncover the formerly hidden Jewishness of the Book of Revelation of John. The focus is on four text complexes which describe the "synagogue of Satan;" those who keep the commandments of God; the 144,000 gathered on Zion; and the holy city. Coverage extends to a description of the social and cultural context of the diaspora during the Judean war. Marshall teaches early Christianity and Second Temple Judaism at the U. of Toronto. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Author : Natasha O'Hear
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199689016
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Picturing the Apocalypse written by Natasha O'Hear and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fills these gaps in a striking and original way by means of ten concise thematic chapters which explain the origins of these concepts from the book of Revelation in an accessible way. These explanations are augmented and developed via a carefully selected sample of the ways in which the concepts have been treated by artists through the centuries. The 120 visual examples are drawn from a wide range of time periods and media including the ninth-century Trier Apocalypse, thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman Apocalypse Manuscripts such as the Lambeth and Trinity Apocalypses, the fourteenth-century Angers Apocalypse Tapestry, fifteenth-century Apocalypse altarpieces by Van Eyck and Memling, Dürer and Cranach's sixteenth-century Apocalypse woodcuts, and more recently a range of works by William Blake, J.M.W. Turner, Max Beckmann, as well as film posters and film stills, cartoons, and children's book illustrations.

Author : J. Nelson Kraybill
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1441212558
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apocalypse and Allegiance written by J. Nelson Kraybill and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively introduction, J. Nelson Kraybill shows how the book of Revelation was understood by its original readers and what it means for Christians today. Kraybill places Revelation in its first-century context, opening a window into the political, economic, and social realities of the early church. His fresh interpretation highlights Revelation's liturgical structure and directs readers' attentions to twenty-first-century issues of empire, worship, and allegiance, showing how John's apocalypse is relevant to the spiritual life of believers today. The book includes maps, timelines, photos, a glossary, discussion questions, and stories of modern Christians who live out John's vision of a New Jerusalem.

Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
ISBN 13 : 031056624X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading Revelation in Context written by Zondervan, and published by Zondervan Academic. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Revelation in Context brings together short, accessible essays that compare and contrast the visions and apocalyptic imagery of the book of Revelation with various texts from Second Temple Jewish literature. Going beyond an introduction that merely surveys historical events and theological themes, Reading Revelation in Context examines individual passages in Second Temple Jewish literature in order to illuminate the context of Revelation's theology and the meaning and potency of John's visions. Following the narrative progression of Revelation, each chapter (1) pairs a major unit of the Apocalypse with one or more sections of a thematically related Jewish text, (2) introduces and explores the historical and theological nuances of the comparator text, and (3) shows how the ideas in the comparator text illuminate those expressed in Revelation. In addition to the focused comparison provided in the essays, the book contains other student-friendly features that will help them engage broader discussions, including an introductory chapter that familiarizes students with the world and texts of Second Temple Judaism, a glossary of important terms, and a brief appendix suggesting what tools students might use to undertake their own comparative studies. At the end of each chapter there a list of other thematically relevant Second Temple Jewish texts recommended for additional study and a focused bibliography pointing students to critical editions and higher-level discussions in scholarly literature. Reading Revelation in Context brings together an international team of over 20 New Testament experts including Jamie Davies, David A. deSilva, Michael J. Gorman, Dana M. Harris, Ronald Herms, Edith M. Humphrey, Jonathan A. Moo, Elizabeth E. Shively, Cynthia Long Westfall, Archie T. Wright, and more.