Witherington, III, Ben (Kentucky Asbury Theological Seminary)

Revelation

Herausgeber: Witherington, Ben Iii

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An innovative socio-rhetorical commentary on Revelation, with a ???Suggested Reading List??? and entire NRSV translation.

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This book is a socio-rhetorical commentary on the Book of Revelation. Without sacrificing scholarly perspective or academic rigor, it is written to be accessible for a wide audience. A 'Suggested Reading List' serves as point of entry for the new serious scholar of Revelation.

Produktdetails

• New Cambridge Bible Commentary
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9780521000680
• ISBN-10: 0521000688
• Artikelnr.: 21419657

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Authorship, date and audience of the apocalypse
2. The resources, rhetoric and restructuring of Revelation
3. Revelation in its social setting in West Asia Minor
4. The christology of Revelation
5. The genre of Revelation
6. A brief tour of the Book of Revelation
Part II. Suggested Reading on Revelation: 1. The genre of Revelation
2. Commentaries
3. Rhetorical studies
4. Sociological and anthropological approaches
5. Classical and archaeological resources
6. History of interpretation
7. Theology
8. Important monographs
9. Articles of interest
Part III. Commentary: 1. Rev. 1.1-3: Visionary material: handle carefully
2. Rev. 1.4-1.20: The Heavenly Son of Man
3. Rev. 2-3: postcards from the edge
4. Rev. 4-5: the throne room vision
5. Rev. 6.1-8.5: The Seven Seals
6. Rev. 8.5-11: The Seven Trumpets
7. Rev. 12: The woman and the dragon
8. Rev. 13.1-14.5: 666 and his spokesman
9. Rev. 14.6-14.20: Three angelic messengers
10. Rev. 15.1-16.21: The seven eschatological plagues
11. Rev. 17.1-19.10: Babylon the Harlot
12. Rev. 19.11-21.8: The rider on the white horse, redemptive-judgment and the messianic millennium
13. Rev. 21.9-22.5: The tour of the New Jerusalem
14. Rev. 22.6-22.21: The epilogue
Part IV. Appendix: A Millennial Problem
Index.