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About 70 years after the death of Jesus, John of Patmos sent visionary messages to Christians in seven cities of western Asia Minor. These messages would eventually become part of the New Testament canon, as The Book of Revelation. What was John's message? What was its literary form? Did he write to a persecuted minority or to Christians enjoying the social and material benefits of the Roman Empire? In search of answers to these penetrating questions, the author of this text critically examines the language, literature, history, and social setting of the Book of the Apocalypse.;Following a discussion of the importance of the apocalypse genre, he closely analyzes the form and structure of the Revelation, its narrative and metaphoric unity, the world created through John's visions, and the social conditions of the empire in which John wrote. He offers an interpretation of the role of boundaries in Revelation, a reassessment of the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and a view of tribulation that integrates the literary vision of Revelation with the reality of the lives of ordinary people in a Roman province.
This book is intended for students and scholars of the New Testament.
This book is intended for students and scholars of the New Testament.
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Book Details
| Author / Artist | Leonard L. Thompson (Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of the Faculty, Lawrence University, USA) |
| Book Format | paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Date Published | 1997-10-02 |
| Edition | New ed |
| Weight | 453g |
| Number of Pages | 280 |
| Thickness | 13 mm |
| Height | 234 mm |
| Width | 156 mm |
| ISBN | 9780195115802 |
| ISBN-10 | 0195115805 |
| Product ID | 4002 |
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Christian Books > Theological Studies > Biblical Studies > New Testament Bible Commentaries
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