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Title Reading the book of Revelation : a resource for students / edited by David L. Barr
Published Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 199 pages)
Series Resources for biblical study ; number 44
Resources for biblical study ; no. 44.
Contents Reading Revelation today : consensus and innovations / David L. Barr -- The story John told : reading Revelation for its plot / David L. Barr -- Ordinary lives : John and his first readers / Leonard L. Thompson -- The beast from the land : Revelation 13:11-18 and social setting / Steven J. Friesen -- Wolves in sheep's clothing : literary opposition and social tension in the Revelation of John / Paul B. Duff -- A tale of two cities and (at least) three women : transformation, continuity, and contrast in the Apocalypse / Edith M. Humphrey -- Doing violence : moral issues in reading John's Apocalypse / David L. Barr -- Undercurrents and paradoxes : the Apocalypse to John in process hermeneutic / Ronald L. Farmer -- Taking a stand on the sand of the seashore : a postcolonial exploration of Revelation 13 / Jean-Pierre Ruiz -- Spirit possession : Revelation in religious studies / Leonard L. Thompson -- The lion/lamb king : reading the Apocalypse from popular culture / Jon Paulien -- Choosing between readings : questions and criteria / David L. Barr
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-179) and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Bible. Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Revelation -- Textbooks
Bible. Revelation. fast (OCoLC)fst01892943
Subject RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
Openbaring van Johannes (bijbelboek)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Textbooks.
Form Electronic book
Author Barr, David L., 1942- editor.
ISBN 9781589838215
1589838211