Revelation / A.J.P. Garrow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrow, A. J. P. (Alan John Philip), 1967-

Series:

New Testament readings.

New Testament readings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Revelation--Commentaries.

Bible.

Apocalyptic literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revelation claims to tell the story of 'what must soon take place', and yet, despite centuries of scholarly research, the order and content of this story has remained one of the greatest mysteries of all time.Arguing that Revelation was designed to be heard in six separate instalments, A.J.P. Garrow's innovative book suggests a new and orderly understanding of the structure of the story. This development makes possible a new and coherent interpretation of 'what must soon take place'.According to this study, John discerned a close connection between the present and the End. Fo

Contents:

Cover; Revelation; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Author's preface; Acknowledgement; 1. An introduction to this reading of Revelation; 2. The problem: where and what is the story?; 3. Finding the story in the text; Foreshadowing text; Serializing text; Further supporting text; Story-telling text; 4. Locating the story in history; 5. Interpreting the story; The story summarized in diagrams; 6. Why this story?; Conclusion; Appendix: Roman emperors; Select bibliography; Index of subjects; Index of references to biblical and other ancient literature

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-75736-0

0-203-13308-0

1-282-77779-3

9786612777790

1-134-75737-9

1-283-83754-4

9780203133088

OCLC:

226376277