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Annihilation or renewal? : [manuscript] : the meaning and function of new creation in the book of Revelation / Mark B. Stephens.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. II ; 307 | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; ; 307.Publication details: T bingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2011.Description: xi, 343 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9783161508387 (pbk.) :
  • 3161508386 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 228/.06 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2825.52 .S74 2011
Online resources:
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.
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.
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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 228.06 Ste 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 15046

Slightly rev. version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Macquarie University, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-312) and indexes.

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.

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.

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