The Sitz Im Leben Of The Apocalypse With Particular Reference To The Role Of The Church S Enemies

Author : Alan J. Beagley
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 224 pages
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Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110904222

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The „Sitz im Leben“ of the Apocalypse with Particular Reference to the Role of the Church’s Enemies by Alan J. Beagley Pdf

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZNW) is one of the oldest and most highly regarded international scholarly book series in the field of New Testament studies. Since 1923 it has been a forum for seminal works focusing on Early Christianity and related fields. The series is grounded in a historical-critical approach and also explores new methodological approaches that advance our understanding of the New Testament and its world.

Author : Alan James Beagley
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Bible
ISBN : 3110108305

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The "Sitz Im Leben" of the Apocalypse with Particular Reference to the Role of the Church's Enemies by Alan James Beagley Pdf

Author : Edmondo Lupieri
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802860736

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A Commentary on the Apocalypse of John by Edmondo Lupieri Pdf

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 : Dave Mathewson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826462268

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A New Heaven and a New Earth by Dave Mathewson Pdf

In this book the author attempts to move beyond merely identifying and substantiating OT allusions in Revelation to considering how the presence of OT allusions and echoes affects reading Rev. 21.1-22.5 and how the OT functions within the context of the entire work. The author concludes that a variety of semantic effects are evoked by the author's continuous intertextual appeal to the OT: new creation, new exodus, new Jerusalem, new covenant, bridge, new temple-priesthood, paradise restored and renewed, inclusion of the nations, prophetic legitimization. The numerous allusions function to shape the reader's perception of eschatological hope.

Author : Gordon W. Campbell
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227173831

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Reading Revelation by Gordon W. Campbell Pdf

The Book of Revelation can be read in various ways. Where interpretation opts not to venture beyond Revelation or approach the book as a forecast of end-time events, it typically favours either going behind the text, in search of a socio-historical context of origin to which it might refer, or else standing in front of the text and investigating the book’s reception history, or its present relevance and impact. Comparatively little interpretative work has been undertaken inside the text, exploring the mechanics of how Revelation ‘works’, still less how its complex parts might fit together into a meaningful whole. Gordon Campbell considers Revelation to be a coherent narrative composition that draws its hearer or reader into its text-world. In Reading Revelation: A Thematic Approach, Campbell gives an innovative account of Revelation’s sophisticated thematic content. Mindful of Revelation's narrative verve, or its architecture en mouvement (as Jacques Ellul once put it), Campbell plots a series of thematic trajectories through the book. On this reading, parody and parallelism fundamentally shape the whole narrative. As a first-ever integrated account of Revelation’s macro-themes, Reading Revelation makes an important contribution to Revelation scholarship. In its light, the book may justifiably be seen as the ‘crowning achievement’ of the Scriptures.

Author : Stanley E. Porter,Andrew K. Gabriel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004254879

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Johannine Writings and Apocalyptic by Stanley E. Porter,Andrew K. Gabriel Pdf

Johannine Writings and Apocalyptic provides a wide-ranging and thorough annotated bibliography for John's Gospel, the Johannine letters, Revelation, and apocalyptic writings pertinent to these books. More inclusive than many other bibliographies, this volume provides reference to over 1300 individual entries, often including references to multiple works with a given description. Annotations are designed to provide guidance to a wide range of readers, from students wishing to gain entry to the subject to graduate students engaging in research to professors needing ready access to useful materials. The volume is topically organized and indexed for easy access.

Author : Olutola K. Peters
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0820474614

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The Mandate of the Church in the Apocalypse of John by Olutola K. Peters Pdf

The Mandate of the Church in the Apocalypse of John fills a gap in the scholarly literature on the Apocalypse of John by offering a comprehensive discussion of what the Church is called upon to be and do. It delineates various tasks and functions of the Church, showing how they relate to one another and also how they are all unified under the mandate to provide faithful witness to Jesus. With its strong emphasis on the ethical concerns of the Apocalypse, this book challenges the view that John's Apocalypse is sub-Christian in its ethics.

Author : Terry L. Wilder,J. Daryl Charles,Kendell H. Easley
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433669804

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Faithful to the End by Terry L. Wilder,J. Daryl Charles,Kendell H. Easley Pdf

In classroom and scholarly study, the Gospels, Acts, and the Pauline letters receive far more attention than does the so-called “end” of the New Testament: Hebrews; James; 1 and 2 Peter; 1, 2, and 3 John; Jude; and Revelation. Faithful to the End: An Introduction to Hebrews Through Revelation offers a careful study of these latter biblical letters, closely examining each one's authorship and origin, destination and audience, purpose, and major themes. Appropriate as a reference work or textbook in college and seminary classrooms, this volume uniquely combines head knowledge with a challenge to the heart, for it is purposefully titled after each book’s recurring theme of persevering in the faith. Coauthor Terry L. Wilder writes, “Our hope is that God might use this text to help readers not only learn about these New Testament books, but also to appropriate the message contained in each. May we be faithful to the end!”

Author : J. Nelson Kraybill
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781850756163

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Imperial Cult and Commerce in John's Apocalypse by J. Nelson Kraybill Pdf

Drawing evidence from ancient literature, coins, inscriptions and artwork, Kraybill points to the penetration of the Roman imperial cult (emperor worship) into commercial settings as a primary concern of the Apocalypse. By the time John was on Patmos, people in Asia Minor could not 'buy or sell' without giving idolatrous allegiance to Rome. Imperial cult and commerce blended in guild halls, the banking industry and the market place. John calls readers to 'come out from' pagan loyalties of Roman imperial society and give full allegiance to a New Jerusalem of justice and equality under the rule of Christ.

Author : Georg Strecker
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110806632

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Theology of the New Testament by Georg Strecker Pdf

Contents are the theological conceptions of the authors of the New Testament, considered from systematic viewpoints, in the following sequence: Paul, the synoptics (Jesus, the saying-source), the Johannine literature (including the Apocalypse of John), the deutero-Pauline writings, the catholic epistles.

Author : Felise Tavo
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9042918144

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Woman, Mother, and Bride by Felise Tavo Pdf

Over the past fifty years, studies pertaining to the reality of the church in the Apocalypse have, for the most part, tended to be either selective or sketchy in their treatment of the relevant material of the book. Yet in all fairness to the seer of Patmos, his portrayal of the church as a reality decidedly complex and at once profound can only be attained in a thoroughgoing study of the principal ecclesial narratives of his work, so as to allow for that indispensable 'synoptic' overview of such intentionally correlated material. Woman, Mother and Bride is such a study. It re-examines the relevant imagery of the Apocalypse but from the perspective of the seer's ecclesial 'thought-world' and on the basis of his overriding pastoral concerns for the 'seven churches' without which his work will continue to puzzle and trouble at every page. The ensuing outlook on the church is panoramic in its scope yet compelling in its appeal which further goes to confirm the Apocalypse as one of the most significant theological achievements of early Christianity.

Author : Roland H. Worth
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532685873

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The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Roman Culture by Roland H. Worth Pdf

“To understand the immediate cultural and societal background of the cities to which John wrote in Revelation 1 and 2, we must first understand the broader background of Roman civilization and its impact upon Asian province,” writes Roland H. Worth in the introduction to this fascinating, information-packed work. It is an in-depth study of the history, culture, society, economics, and environment of early Christians living in Roman Asia. Drawing on a multitude of resources from diverse disciplines, Worth surveys Roman life and attitudes in general, and demonstrates how Roman power developed and was exercised in Asia. He describes life in Roman Asia: what it was like to live in that province, how the imperial cult grew and prospered there, as well as the nature of official governmental persecution in the first century. A second book, The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Greco-Asian Culture, will fill in the details of the local background of the Christians for whom the “mini-epistles” in the book of Revelation were written.

Author : Edith M. Humphrey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567685261

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The Ladies and the Cities by Edith M. Humphrey Pdf

Transcendence in general and transformation in particular have long been established as key motifs in apocalypses. The transformation of a seer during a heavenly journey is found commonly in such esoteric apocalypses as I Enoch. No heavenly journey occurs in the apocalypses treated here. Rather, symbolic women figures--"ladies" in the classical sense--who are associated with God's city or Tower, undergo transformation at key points in the action. The surface structures of Joseph and Aseneth, 4 Ezra, the Apocalypse and The Shepherd of Hermas are traced, and the crucial transformation episodes are located within each structure. Transformation of figures which represent God's people points to the significance of identitiy within the apocalyptic perspective. Earlier analyses have demonstrated that the apocalyptic perspective urges the reader to consider life from a different stance in time and in space ("temporal" and "spatial" axes). The present analysis suggests that the apocalypse also charts its revelations along an "axis of identity" so that the reader is invited to become, as it were, someone more in tune with the mysteries he or she is viewing. Of special interest is the treatment of the increasingly well-known romance Joseph and Aseneth alongside apocalypses, a parallel which is fruitful because of the curious visionary sequence, closely related to apocalypse in content and form, which is found in the inner centre of that work.

Author : Roland H. Worth
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532686054

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The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Greco-Asian Culture by Roland H. Worth Pdf

The companion to The Seven Cities of the Apocalypse and Roman Culture, this study explores the social world in which early Christians functioned in Asia, providing a comprehensive picture of life in this eastern province of the Roman Empire and focusing on how the local environment affects the interpretation of the book of Revelation. The history, population, local culture, economies, and cults of each city are examined in detail. Including data from hundreds of sources, this volume should prove useful to students of both the Bible and Roman history, as it bridges the gap between the two specialties and provides many details that enable the reader to imagine what life would really have been like in those ancient cities. As such, this study provides a valuable supplement to the broader question of Rome’s general impact upon the region traced in the Roman Culture volume. Although there are many works on the subject, this is the only place where all the information is pulled together. It is a useful resource for Scripture scholars, nonprofessionals with an interest in Bible study, professors and students of Scripture, and historians specializing in the first century CE.

Author : Andreas J. Köstenberger,L. Scott Kellum,Charles L Quarles
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433684012

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The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown by Andreas J. Köstenberger,L. Scott Kellum,Charles L Quarles Pdf

The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown guides serious New Testament students through the historical, literary, and theological dimensions of the biblical text, allowing them to better understand and share God’s “word of truth” (2 Tim 2:15). It offers a thorough introduction to all twenty-seven books of the New Testament and closely examines events such as Christ’s incarnation and virgin birth, his crucifixion and resurrection, and triumphant return. The second edition features updated bibliographies and footnotes, interpretation sections that cover different literary genres in the New Testament, an epilogue that canvasses the entire storyline of Scripture, and a variety of maps. All of these new features contribute to making this a life-long resource for students of Scripture.