Preaching in the last days : the theme of "two witnesses" in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / Rodney L. Petersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petersen, Rodney L. (Rodney Lawrence), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Revelation XI, 3-13.

Eschatology--History of doctrines--16th century.

Eschatology.

Eschatology--History of doctrines--17th century.

Antichrist--History of doctrines--16th century.

Antichrist.

Antichrist--History of doctrines--17th century.

Protestant churches--Doctrines--History--16th century.

Protestant churches.

Protestant churches--Doctrines--History--17th century.

Local Subjects:

Bible. Revelation XI, 3-13.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an exhaustive examination of an enigmatic passage in the Book of Revelation (11. 3-13) and its interpretation in medieval times and the Reformation.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. Adventual Prophets; 2. Witnesses Through History; 3. The Dawn of Reformation Preaching; 4. Identification or Representation; 5. Bullinger and the Testimony of the Church; 6. Rebuilding the Temple; 7. Self-Conscious Witnesses: John Foxe and the Martyrs; 8. Forerunners of the Kingdom; 9. Witnesses in the Wilderness; Epilogue; Abbreviations; Selected Bibliography; Name and Subject Index; Scripture Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9780197740460

0197740464

9781280526077

1280526076

9780195360837

0195360834

9781429405560

1429405562

OCLC:

476011064