Annihilation or renewal?
Subtitle: the meaning and function of new creation in the book of Revelation
By: Mark B. Stephens
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 307; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 307.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9783161508387
Subjects: Biblical teaching; Metaphor in the Bible; Eschatology; Bible; Criticism, interpretation; Creation; Cosmology; Eschatologie; Neuschöpfung; Johannes-Apokalypse
Description: Mark B. Stephens investigates the cosmic eschatology of Revelation, with a particular focus on the question of continuity and discontinuity. He shows that the imagery and auditions of Revelation communicate both judgement upon the present order of creation, and yet at the same time the eschatological renewal of all things.
Notes: Slightly rev. version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Macquarie University, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-312) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and methodology; title: New creation in the Hebrew Bible; title: New creation in Second Temple apocalyptic; title: New creation in Revelation (I) : introductory matters; title: New creation in Revelation (II) : the key texts; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1. Defining "nature" in the Hebrew Bible; title: Appendix 2. Creation in Israel's paradigms of redemption; title: Appendix 3. Creation, Eden, and the Temple.