The war between the two beasts and the two witnesses : a chiastic reading of Revelation 11:1-14:5 / Antoninus King Wai Siew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siew, Antoninus King Wai.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 283.

Library of New Testament studies ; 283

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Bible. N.T. Revelation XI, 1-XIV, 5--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T&T Clark, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Siew seeks to examine the events that will unfold within the three and a half years before the dawn of the kingdom of God on earth. He argues that John composed the textual unit of Rev 11:1--14:5 as a coherent and unified literary unit structured in a macro-chiasm. He pays special attention to the fusion of form and content and seeks to elucidate how the concentric and chiastic pattern informs the meaning of the literary units within 11:1--14:5, and proposes that the text of 11:1--14:5 is best analyzed using Hebraic literary conventions, devices, and compositional techniques such as chiasm, pa

Contents:

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 THE LITERARY UNITY OF REVELATION 11.1-14.5; Chapter 3 A LITERARY-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF REVELATION 11.1-19; Chapter 4 A LITERARY-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF REVELATION 12.1-14.5; Chapter 5 THE ABCDD'C'B'A' PARALLELS: TESTING THE MACRO-CHIASM; Chapter 6 THE IDENTITY OF THE TWO WITNESSES AND THE TWO BEASTS; Chapter 7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [286]-313) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613193568

9781283193566

1283193566

9780567132017

0567132013

OCLC:

741691446