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Annihilation or renewal? : the meaning and function of new creation in the book of Revelation
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Annihilation or renewal? : the meaning and function of new creation in the book of Revelation / Mark B. Stephens.
ISBN
9783161508387 (pbk.)
3161508386 (pbk.)
Published
Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2011.
Physical Description
xi, 343 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Slightly revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Macquarie University, 2009.
Summary
Mark B. Stephens investigates the cosmic eschatology of Revelation, with a particular focus on the question of continuity and discontinuity. He shows that the imagery and auditions of Revelation communicate both judgement upon the present order of creation, and yet at the same time the eschatological renewal of all things.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2011
Series
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 307
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-312) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction and methodology
New creation in the Hebrew Bible
New creation in Second Temple apocalyptic
New creation in Revelation (I) : introductory matters
New creation in Revelation (II) : the key texts
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Defining "nature" in the Hebrew Bible
Appendix 2. Creation in Israel's paradigms of redemption
Appendix 3. Creation, Eden, and the Temple.
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