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Reading the book of Revelation : a resource for students / edited by David L. Barr.

Contributor(s): Series: Resources for biblical study ; no. 44.Publisher: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2003Description: 1 online resource (ix, 199 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781589838215
  • 1589838211
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading the book of Revelation.DDC classification:
  • 228/.06 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2825.52 .R43 2003eb
Other classification:
  • 11.46
Online resources:
Contents:
Reading Revelation today : consensus and innovations / David L. Barr -- The story John told : reading Revelation for its plot / David L. Barr -- Ordinary lives : John and his first readers / Leonard L. Thompson -- The beast from the land : Revelation 13:11-18 and social setting / Steven J. Friesen -- Wolves in sheep's clothing : literary opposition and social tension in the Revelation of John / Paul B. Duff -- A tale of two cities and (at least) three women : transformation, continuity, and contrast in the Apocalypse / Edith M. Humphrey -- Doing violence : moral issues in reading John's Apocalypse / David L. Barr -- Undercurrents and paradoxes : the Apocalypse to John in process hermeneutic / Ronald L. Farmer -- Taking a stand on the sand of the seashore : a postcolonial exploration of Revelation 13 / Jean-Pierre Ruiz -- Spirit possession : Revelation in religious studies / Leonard L. Thompson -- The lion/lamb king : reading the Apocalypse from popular culture / Jon Paulien -- Choosing between readings : questions and criteria / David L. Barr.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index.

Reading Revelation today : consensus and innovations / David L. Barr -- The story John told : reading Revelation for its plot / David L. Barr -- Ordinary lives : John and his first readers / Leonard L. Thompson -- The beast from the land : Revelation 13:11-18 and social setting / Steven J. Friesen -- Wolves in sheep's clothing : literary opposition and social tension in the Revelation of John / Paul B. Duff -- A tale of two cities and (at least) three women : transformation, continuity, and contrast in the Apocalypse / Edith M. Humphrey -- Doing violence : moral issues in reading John's Apocalypse / David L. Barr -- Undercurrents and paradoxes : the Apocalypse to John in process hermeneutic / Ronald L. Farmer -- Taking a stand on the sand of the seashore : a postcolonial exploration of Revelation 13 / Jean-Pierre Ruiz -- Spirit possession : Revelation in religious studies / Leonard L. Thompson -- The lion/lamb king : reading the Apocalypse from popular culture / Jon Paulien -- Choosing between readings : questions and criteria / David L. Barr.

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