The mystery of the book of Revelation : reenvisioning the end of time /

The mystery of the book of Revelation : reenvisioning the end of time /

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Author / Creator:	Afzal, Cameron.
Imprint:	Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (166 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Bible. -- Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. -- Revelation. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11138159

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ISBN:	9780773411968 0773411968
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-150) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This work represents an intersection between two important methods of interpretation. It presents a very complex theory of narrative relating to the experience of time and the production and reception of narrative is applied to the question of the eschatology of the Book of Revelation. The work argues that John of Patmos has a vision of two ages: one of a world fraught with conflict, violence and oppression and another similarly present for the Christian faithful, in which they experience the salvation expected at the end of the ages, now, gathered under God's protection.
Other form:	Print version: Afzal, Cameron. Mystery of the Book of Revelation : Reenvisioning the End of Time. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2008 9780773451834

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Reading time : a matter of method
The communal icon
The experience of time
Inscribed time
Apocalypse and prophecy
The literary genre apocalypse
The apocalypse as prophecy
John and his community
Who was John?
The occasion for John's prophecy
A vision of this world in six seals
The introductory Merkavah vision
Experienced catastrophe
The four horsemen : a symbolic year
The fifth seal : the plight of the faithful
The sixth seal : the signs of the end
Sabbath : a new age
A window in time
The followers of the Lamb.