The beginning and the end
Subtitle: rereading Genesis's stories and Revelation's visions
By: Michael W. Pahl
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781608999279
Subjects: Bible; Time in the Bible; Comparative studies; Narrative Criticism; Biblical teaching; Narration in the Bible; Creation; Theology
Description: Have you ever wandered if there might be more to Genesis than fodder for anti-evolutionism? Or have you ever thought, "Revelation has to be more than simply a roadmap for the future of the Middle East"? In this book, Michael W. Pahl surveys the opening chapters of Genesis and the concluding chapters of Revelation, taking seriously both their historical and literary features as ancient texts and their theological purposes as inspired Scripture. The result is a reading of the first and last boks of the Bible that sketches out, from beginning to end, a story of God, humanity, and all creation--a grand narrative in which we are placed in the middle, and which calls us to live in a particular way as our identity and our values are shaped in light of our origins and our destiny.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-98) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings and endings and where to find them; title: Reading ancient origin stories; title: A story of creation (Genesis 1); title: A second story of creation (Genesis 2); title: A story of sin's curse (Genesis 3); title: Reading ancient apocalyptic visions; title: A vision of Jesus' coming (Revelation 12); title: A vision of Jesus' return (Revelation 19-20); title: A vision of new creation (Revelation 21-22); title: The beginning and the end.