The revelation of Jesus Christ : which God gave to him to show to his servants what must soon take place (Revelation I.I) / / Margaret Barker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819627603321
• Autore: Barker Margaret
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh : , : T&T Clark, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-4725-0493-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (462 p.)
• Disciplina: 228.06
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; 1 Jesus; 2 The Temple; 3 The Priests of Israel; 4 The Words of this Book; 5 The Man among the Lamps; 6 The Letters to the Seven Churches; 7 The Chariot Throne of God; 8 The Sacrificed Lamb; 9 The Book with Seven Seals; 10 The Redeemed; 11 The Seven Trumpets; 12 The Angel in the Cloud; 13 The Woman Clothed with the Sun; 14 War in Heaven and Earth; 15 The Two Beasts; 16 The Harvest of the Earth; 17 The Bowls of Wrath; 18 Jerusalem; 19 The Warrior Priest; 20 The City of the Saints; 21 The Millennium Kingdom; 22 All Things New; Excursus: Parousia and Liturgy; Notes; Sources; Index of Persons, Places and SubjectsA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of Biblical and Ancient Texts
• Sommario/riassunto: A new and transforming approach to the Book of Revelation. Margaret Barker bases her study on a fresh reading of the primary sources. As an Old Testament scholar, she can read Revelation as Hebrew prophecy - ancient temple oracles which inspired Jesus and his own prophecies, and influenced the whole Jerusalem Church. Jerusalem was waiting for their Great High Priest to return and complete the Atonement at the end of the Tenth Jubilee. This expectation fuelled the revolt against Rome. Josephus, who deserted to Rome, was the false prophet. John, who escaped to Patmos, compiled Revelation as a re