Revelation
Subtitle: the past and future of John's Apocalypse
By: Gerald L. Stevens
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 633
ISBN-13: 9781625645494
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Apocalyptic literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-591) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Apollyon and Armageddon : Revelation's apocalyptic traditions and their interpretation in history. Tributaries of tradition : Jewish sources of John's apocalyptic traditions; title: A strong river : historical developments to the Reformation; title: Swept away downstream : Reformation to the American Revolution; title: A mighty flood : the nineteenth-century deluge; title: A hermeneutical swamp : problematic readings; title: A glassy sea : learning from history; title: Part 2. Beyond Apollyon and Armageddon : setting hermeneutical foundations for the interpretation of Revelation. Interpretive decisions : genre, prophecy, judgments, Millennium; title: Theological decisions : christology, ecclesiology, soteriology; title: Contextual decisions : historical and literary settings; title: Part 3. Apocalypse of Jesus Christ : reading John's vision of a future anticipated from the past. Judgment of the church : the Son of Man and his churches; title: Judgment of the world : the sovereign God and his world; title: Hope of heaven : God and Christ and their victory; title: Epilogue: The future of John's Apocalypse.