God, order and chaos
Subtitle: René Girard and the apocalypse
By: Stephen Finamore ; foreword by Christopher Rowland
Series: Paternoster biblical monographs; Paternoster biblical monographs
Publisher: Paternoster
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Milton Keynes, UK; Colorado Springs, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781842271971
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Oxford, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-269) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: History, theology and visions of chaos : a review of the literature on Revelation's plague sequences; title: Mimesis, culture and apocalypse : the thought of René Girard; title: Praise, criticism and interpretation : the reception of Girard's theory in contemporary thought; title: Revelation, illumination and liberation : the results of Jesus's ministry according to the book of Revelation; title: Outline, interpretation and exegesis : reading Revelation in the light of Girard's thought; title: Conclusions.