TY - MANSCPT AU - Stephens,Mark B. TI - Annihilation or renewal?: the meaning and function of new creation in the book of Revelation SN - 9783161508387 (pbk.) : AV - BS2825.52 .S74 2011 U1 - 228/.06 23 PY - 2011/// CY - T bingen PB - Mohr Siebeck KW - Bible KW - Revelation KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Johannes-Apokalypse KW - swd KW - Creation KW - Biblical teaching KW - Eschatology KW - Cosmology KW - Metaphor in the Bible KW - Eschatologie KW - Neuschp̲fung KW - Earth (Planet) N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=024375649&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA UR - http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=3837971&prov=M&dok ER -