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Revelation [electronic resource] : the Apocalypse of Jesus Christ / Judith Kovacs and Christopher Rowland ; in collaboration with Rebekah Callow.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell Bible commentariesAnalytics: Show analyticsPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 315 pages) : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9780470773512
  • 0470773510
  • 1405143215
  • 9781405143219
  • 1280197668
  • 9781280197666
  • 9780631232148
  • 0631232141
  • 9780631232155
  • 063123215X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Revelation.DDC classification:
  • 228/.07 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2825.52 .K69 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The Apocalypse in history: the place of the book of Revelation in Christian theology and life -- 1. The Apocalypse in the context of Jewish and early Christian literature -- 2. Differing patterns in the reception of the Apocalypse: a summary -- 3. Point of view: distinctive emphases of this commentary -- 4. The reception of the Apocalypse: survey of important interpretations and of artistic representations -- Revelation 1 -- Revelation 2 and 3 -- Revelation 4 -- Revelation 5 -- Revelation 6 -- Revelation 7 -- Revelation 8 -- Revelation 9 -- Revelation 10 -- Revelation 11 -- Revelation 12 -- Revelation 13 -- Revelation 14 -- Revelation 15 -- Revelation 16 -- Revelation 17 -- Revelation 18 -- Revelation 19 -- Revelation 20 -- Revelation 21 -- Revelation 22 -- A hermeneutical postscript: evaluating the readings.
Summary: This ground-breaking commentary reveals the far-reaching influence of the Apocalypse on society and culture, and the impact it has had on the Christian Church through the ages. Approaching the Apocalypse chapter by chapter, the authors consider its effects, not only on theologians from Origen and Augustine to late twentieth-century theologians of liberation, but also on writers, artists, musicians, political figures, visionaries and others, including Dante, Hildegard of Bingen, Milton, Newton, the English Civil War radicals, Durer, Turner, Blake, Handel and Franz Schmidt. They show that, despite the enormous range of interpretations, those who use the Apocalypse tend either to see it as a kind of sophisticated code to interpret history, or as a parable about the appropriate response to God in political, ecclesiastical, or personal life.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and indexes.

The Apocalypse in history: the place of the book of Revelation in Christian theology and life -- 1. The Apocalypse in the context of Jewish and early Christian literature -- 2. Differing patterns in the reception of the Apocalypse: a summary -- 3. Point of view: distinctive emphases of this commentary -- 4. The reception of the Apocalypse: survey of important interpretations and of artistic representations -- Revelation 1 -- Revelation 2 and 3 -- Revelation 4 -- Revelation 5 -- Revelation 6 -- Revelation 7 -- Revelation 8 -- Revelation 9 -- Revelation 10 -- Revelation 11 -- Revelation 12 -- Revelation 13 -- Revelation 14 -- Revelation 15 -- Revelation 16 -- Revelation 17 -- Revelation 18 -- Revelation 19 -- Revelation 20 -- Revelation 21 -- Revelation 22 -- A hermeneutical postscript: evaluating the readings.

This ground-breaking commentary reveals the far-reaching influence of the Apocalypse on society and culture, and the impact it has had on the Christian Church through the ages. Approaching the Apocalypse chapter by chapter, the authors consider its effects, not only on theologians from Origen and Augustine to late twentieth-century theologians of liberation, but also on writers, artists, musicians, political figures, visionaries and others, including Dante, Hildegard of Bingen, Milton, Newton, the English Civil War radicals, Durer, Turner, Blake, Handel and Franz Schmidt. They show that, despite the enormous range of interpretations, those who use the Apocalypse tend either to see it as a kind of sophisticated code to interpret history, or as a parable about the appropriate response to God in political, ecclesiastical, or personal life.