Mark D. Mathews

Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful

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Produktbeschreibung

Proposes a new approach to understanding how John speaks about wealth in the book of Revelation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9781107018501
• ISBN-10: 1107018501
• Artikelnr.: 36616197

Autorenporträt

Mark D. Mathews is Teaching Elder and Senior Pastor at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Tyndale House Fellowship.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. The question of wealth in the Apocalypse
Part II. The Language of Wealth and Poverty in the Second Temple Period: Introduction
2. Dead Sea Scrolls: non-sectarian Aramaic documents
3. Dead Sea Scrolls: non-sectarian Hebrew documents
4. Dead Sea Scrolls: sectarian Hebrew documents
5. Other Jewish literature
Preliminary conclusions
Part III. Wealth, Poverty, and the Faithful Community in the Apocalypse of John: Introduction
6. The language of wealth and poverty in the seven messages - Rev 2-3
7. The present eschatological age - Rev 4-6
8. Buying and selling in Satan's world - Rev 12-13, 18
9. Final conclusions.