Craig Koester

Oxford Handbook of the Book of Revelation

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Produktbeschreibung

The Book of Revelation holds a special fascination for both scholars and the general public. The book has generated widely differing interpretations, yet Revelation has surprisingly not been the focus of many single-volume reference works. The Oxford Handbook of the Book of Revelation fills a need in the study of this controversial book.

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Produktdetails

• Oxford Handbooks
• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 51mm
• Gewicht: 1102g
• ISBN-13: 9780190655433
• ISBN-10: 0190655437
• Artikelnr.: 59080058

Autorenporträt

Craig R. Koester is Asher O. and Carrie Nasby Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and a research associate at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. His primary research areas are the Gospel of John, Book of Revelation, and Epistle to the Hebrews. He is author of Revelation in the Anchor Yale Bible commentary series (2014), Revelation and the End of All Things (2018), and Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel: Meaning, Mystery, Community (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* Contributors
* Abbreviations
* 1. Introduction to Revelation's Social Setting, Theological
Perspective, and Literary Design
* Craig R. Koester
* I. Literary Features of the Book of Revelation
* 2. The Genre of the Book of Revelation
* Mitchell G. Reddish
* 3. Narrative Features of the Book of Revelation
* James L. Resseguie
* 4. Imagery in the Book of Revelation
* Konrad Huber
* 5. Rhetorical Features of the Book of Revelation
* David A. deSilva
* 6. The Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Revelation
* Steve Moyise
* 7. Revelation's Use of the Greek Language
* David Mathewson
* 8. The Hymns in the Book of Revelation
* Justin P. Jeffcoat Schedtler
* II. Social Setting
* 9. Christianity and Roman Rule in First-Century Asia Minor
* Warren Carter
* 10. Relationships among Jesus Followers and Jewish Communities in
First-Century Asia Minor
* Mikael Tellbe
* 11. Greco-Roman Religions and the Context of Revelation
* Richard Ascough
* 12. John's Apocalypse in Relation to Johannine, Pauline, and Other
Forms of Christianity in Asia Minor
* Paul Trebilco
* III. Theology and Ethics
* 13. God in the Book of Revelation
* Martin Karrer
* 14. Jesus in the Book of Revelation
* Loren L. Johns
* 15. The Spirit in the Book of Revelation
* John Christopher Thomas
* 16. Creation and New Creation in the Book of Revelation
* Mark B. Stephens
* 17. Perspectives on Evil in the Book of Revelation
* Gregory Stevenson
* 18. Violence in the Book of Revelation
* David L. Barr
* 19. The City-Women Babylon and New Jerusalem in the Book of
Revelation
* Lynn Huber
* 20. The People of God in the Book of Revelation
* Peter S. Perry
* IV. History of Reception and Influence
* 21. The Greek Text of Revelation
* Juan Hernández
* 22. The Book of Revelation in the New Testament Canon
* Tobias Nicklas
* 23. Reception History and the Interpretation of Revelation
* Ian Boxall
* 24. The Interpretation of the Book of Revelation in Early
Christianity
* Charles Hill
* 25. The Interpretation of John's Apocalypse in the Medieval Period
* Julia Eve Wannenmacher
* 26. Revelation in Music and Liturgy
* Paul Westermeyer
* 27. Forms of Futuristic Interpretation of Revelation in the Modern
Period
* Joshua T. Searle with Kenneth Newport
* V. Currents in Interpretation
* 28. Feminist Interpretation of the Book of Revelation
* Susan Hylen
* 29. Interpreting Revelation through African American Cultural Studies
* Thomas B. Slater
* 30. Post-colonial Interpretation of the Book of Revelation
* Harry O. Maier