After Prophecy

Author : Tom Cheetham
Publisher : Studies in Archetypal Psycholo
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : UVA:X030595785

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After Prophecy by Tom Cheetham Pdf

This book explores the status of religion in the Post-Prophetic Age, especially as seen through the eyes of the French Islamic scholar Henry Corbin. In lucid and simple prose, Cheetham explores the creative role of the imagination in the formative ground of the three great Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. For Corbin, engaging the soul of the world through the mediating power of the Imaginal is an act of love, a theme Cheetham expands through his analysis of such concepts as mystical poverty, contemplative knowledge, the luminosity of the earth, the theophanic vision, the Christ Angel, Incarnation, the divine sensorium, alchemical transformation, the spiritual humanism of Ivan Illich, Western iconoclasm, and the centrality of gnosis. This book offers a visionary alternative to the confusions of contemporary life. It speaks to believers and non-believers alike.

Author : Kristin De Troyer,Armin Lange,Lucas L. Schulte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215484507

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Prophecy After the Prophets? by Kristin De Troyer,Armin Lange,Lucas L. Schulte Pdf

It is often said that prophecy came to an end in the early Second Temple period. This volume investigates how the Dead Sea Scrolls help to better understand Israelite Jewish prophecy and Israelite-Jewish prophetic texts. However, it not only contributes to the study of prophecy and the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible by analyzing the textual history and interpretative history of prophetic books - the former being concerned with the manuscripts of prophetic books found in Qumran and elsewhere, the latter being focused on para-prophetic texts and commentaries - it also investigates the phenomenon of active prophecy, i.e. ongoing prophetic activities, after the early Second Temple period, long after prophecy came to its so-called end. In the first part of this volume, Matthias Henze deals with the paraprophetical literature from Qumran. Martti Nissinen addresses the relation between Qumran Pesher hermeneutics and Ancient Near Eastern omen divination. Timothy H. Lim asks if, why, and in what sense the psalms were considered to be prophecies or prophetic. In the second part of the volume, George J. Brooke asks the question, "Was the Teacher of Righteousness Considered To Be a Prophet?" and Katell Berthelot shows in her study of 4QTestimonia (4Q175) that the Teacher of Righteousness was not the only active "prophet" in the 2nd cent. BCE. The third part of the volume looks at a wider definition of prophecy. Esther Eshel shows how the tree imagery of the Genesis Apocryphon's symbolic dreams participates in a Jewish tradition that is attested in both earlier and later texts. Leo G. Perdue demonstrates that apocalyptic developed out of both prophecy and mantic wisdom. Perdue also provides a survey of mythical mantic sages in the Ancient Near Eeast and mantic sages and mantic wisdom in biblical, and ancient Jewish literature. Finally, in the fourth part of the volume, Armin Lange offers an example of how the Dead Sea Scrolls help to solve cruces interpretum in the prophetic books of the Hebrew Bible. For this purpose he studies "The Genre of the Book of Jonah" in light of the paratextual literature from Qumran.

Author : Leon Festinger,Stanley Schachter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781625589774

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When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger,Stanley Schachter Pdf

The study reported in this volume grew out of some theoretical work, one phase of which bore specifically on the behavior of individuals in social movements that made specific (and unfulfilled) prophecies. We had been forced to depend chiefly on historical records to judge the adequacy of our theoretical ideas until we by chance discovered the social movement that we report in this book. At the time we learned of it, the movement was in mid-career but the prophecy about which it was centered had not yet been disconfirmed. We were understandably eager to undertake a study that could test our theoretical ideas under natural conditions. That we were able to do this study was in great measure due to the support obtained through the Laboratory for Research in Social Relations of the University of Minnesota. This study is a project of the Laboratory and was carried out while we were all members of its staff. We should also like to acknowledge the help we received through a grant-in-aid from the Ford Foundation to one of the authors, a grant that made preliminary exploration of the field situation possible.

Author : Elaine Pagels
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101577073

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Revelations by Elaine Pagels Pdf

A startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the bestselling author of Beyond Belief. Through the bestselling books of Elaine Pagels, thousands of readers have come to know and treasure the suppressed biblical texts known as the Gnostic Gospels. As one of the world's foremost religion scholars, she has been a pioneer in interpreting these books and illuminating their place in the early history of Christianity. Her new book, however, tackles a text that is firmly, dramatically within the New Testament canon: The Book of Revelation, the surreal apocalyptic vision of the end of the world . . . or is it? In this startling and timely book, Pagels returns The Book of Revelation to its historical origin, written as its author John of Patmos took aim at the Roman Empire after what is now known as "the Jewish War," in 66 CE. Militant Jews in Jerusalem, fired with religious fervor, waged an all-out war against Rome's occupation of Judea and their defeat resulted in the desecration of Jerusalem and its Great Temple. Pagels persuasively interprets Revelation as a scathing attack on the decadence of Rome. Soon after, however, a new sect known as "Christians" seized on John's text as a weapon against heresy and infidels of all kinds-Jews, even Christians who dissented from their increasingly rigid doctrines and hierarchies. In a time when global religious violence surges, Revelations explores how often those in power throughout history have sought to force "God's enemies" to submit or be killed. It is sure to appeal to Pagels's committed readers and bring her a whole new audience who want to understand the roots of dissent, violence, and division in the world's religions, and to appreciate the lasting appeal of this extraordinary text.

Author : John Davison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Bible
ISBN : OSU:32435007768716

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Discourses on Prophecy by John Davison Pdf

Author : George Stanley Faber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BCUL:1099113380

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The Sacred Calender of Prophecy by George Stanley Faber Pdf

Author : George Stanley Faber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Bible
ISBN : BL:A0024367404

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The sacred calendar of prophecy; or, A dissertation on the prophecies which treat of the grand period of seven times and especially of its second moiety by George Stanley Faber Pdf

Author : John DAVISON (B.D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017140603

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Discourses on Prophecy, in which are considered its structure, use, and inspiration: being the substance of twelve sermons preached in the chapel of Lincoln's Inn, etc by John DAVISON (B.D.) Pdf

Author : Charles Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Bible
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR59954655

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Old Testament Prophecy by Charles Elliott Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Standard Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0784719063

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Poetry and Prophecy by Anonim Pdf

Ideal for lay Bible teachers, small group leaders, or any student of the Bible, this reference library provides a thorough look at Bible passages and events while applying a practical message for today's believers.

Author : Eugene H. Merrill
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441217035

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Kingdom of Priests by Eugene H. Merrill Pdf

From the origins and exodus to the restoration and new hope, Kingdom of Priests offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of Old Testament Israel. Merrill explores the history of ancient Israel not only from Old Testament texts but also from the literary and archeological sources of the ancient Near East. After selling more than 30,000 copies, the book has now been updated and revised. The second edition addresses and interacts with current debates in the history of ancient Israel, offering an up-to-date articulation of a conservative evangelical position on historical matters. The text is accented with nearly twenty maps and charts.

Author : George Vance Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Messiah
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081772667

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The Prophets and Their Interpreters by George Vance Smith Pdf

Author : Martin J. Wyngaarden
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725222588

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The Future of the Kingdom in Prophecy and Fulfillment by Martin J. Wyngaarden Pdf

Author : Wayne Talbot
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781984501660

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Prophecy Unfulfilled by Wayne Talbot Pdf

Prophecy Unfulfilled represents a continuation of the author’s quest for the truth of God, by firstly uncovering the untruths that he had been taught during his formative years as a Catholic. Earlier works focused on the claimed new (replacement) covenant, the rejection of the Sabbath, and the rejection of Torah. Using the rules of evidence as in a court of law, this study seeks to evaluate the claimed messianic prophecy fulfillment by Jesus, some two thousand years ago. The first part of the book discusses the nature of evidence and how the rules regarding written evidence vary significantly from those of oral evidence, the latter being used most often by biblical scholars and Christian apologists. The first step is to authenticate the extant documents by examining the chain of custody and, thus, establish authority. Next is to authenticate the attributed authorship of the writings, to determine whether the authors were firsthand witnesses of the events they described, or whether their narratives are hearsay, with or without corroboration. Where little verbal agreement is found, this is circumstantial evidence of separate traditions developing the resultant theology. The study proceeds by examining every verse in the NKJV (New King James Version) of the New Testament that is annotated as being in fulfillment of prophecy, comparing the wording against both the NKJV Old Testament and an English translation of the Hebrew scriptures. Where significant variations exist, the author seeks an understanding from New Testament scholars, whom he frequently quotes. The eschatological temper of the early church is given due consideration, especially concerning the expectations of the Jews regarding the mission of the Messiah. Finally, the accomplishments of Jesus, as enshrined in Christian creeds, is compared with what is spoken of by the prophets. The author’s conclusion is encapsulated in the book’s title.

Author : Tim LaHaye
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-16
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780446549486

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The Merciful God of Prophecy by Tim LaHaye Pdf

LaHaye explores prophecy from biblical times to the future. Through perceptive study of Scripture and the attentive use of examples from The Book of Daniel to Revelations, the author reveals God's great plan for eternity.