Ancient Christian intepretations of "violent texts" in the Apocalypse / edited by Joseph Verheyden, Tobias Nicklas and Andreas Merkt ; in cooperation with Mark Grundeken.
Hauptbeschreibung The Apocalypse of John belongs to the most puzzling texts of the New Testament. Historical-critical exegesis has been stressing that the book above all wishes to give a message of hope and comfort for a community under threat. Yet readers have also always been impressed and terrifi...
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| Superior document: | Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus, Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments ; Bd. 92 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Novum Testamentum et orbis antiquus, Studien zur Umwelt des Neuen Testaments ;
Bd. 92. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Hauptbeschreibung The Apocalypse of John belongs to the most puzzling texts of the New Testament. Historical-critical exegesis has been stressing that the book above all wishes to give a message of hope and comfort for a community under threat. Yet readers have also always been impressed and terrified by the many images of violence, including war, destruction, persecution and martyrdom, and the appearance of the devil and his demons. This book does not allow its readers to remain neutral.The present volume offers the proceedings of a conference that was held in Leuven, Belgium |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3666539769 1280989734 9786613761347 3647539767 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Joseph Verheyden, Tobias Nicklas and Andreas Merkt ; in cooperation with Mark Grundeken. |