03500nam 2200577Ia 450 991046347680332120210624212548.03-11-091451-410.1515/9783110914511(CKB)3360000000338778(SSID)ssj0000713423(PQKBManifestationID)12329942(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713423(PQKBWorkID)10658129(PQKB)11707244(MiAaPQ)EBC3041660(DE-B1597)56945(OCoLC)979850392(DE-B1597)9783110914511(Au-PeEL)EBL3041660(CaPaEBR)ebr10597275(OCoLC)922944611(EXLCZ)99336000000033877820061201d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAn apocalypse for the church and for the world[electronic resource] the narrative function of universal language in the book of Revelation /Ronald HermsBerlin ;New York W. de Gruyterc2006xv, 299 pBeihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche,0171-6441 ;Bd. 143Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Durham University.3-11-019312-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-272) and indexes.Front matter --Preface --Table of Contents --Publication Abbreviations --Chapter One. Introduction --Chapter Two. Early Jewish Literature --Chapter Three. Preliminary Matters in the Book of Revelation --Chapter Four. Universal Traditions in the Book of Revelation --Chapter Five. Synthesis and Conclusions --Bibliography --Index of Authors --Index of Topics --Index of ReferencesThis monograph examines the problem of universally inclusive language in the book of Revelation and the resulting narrative tension created by narrowly exclusive language. Analysis is conducted by placing relevant texts within their literary-narrative context and through consideration of how the author understood and appropriated biblical traditions. A key feature of this study is its examination of four early Jewish documents with significant similarities to the problem being examined in Revelation. From these documents (Tobit; Similitudes of Enoch [1 Enoch 37-71]; 4 Ezra; and, Animal Apocalypse [1 Enoch 85-90]) a contextual picture emerges which allows a fuller understanding of Revelation's distinctive approach toward the problem of the fate of the nations. This study contends that the interpretive strategies applied to biblical traditions in Revelation have their roots in the wider early Jewish milieu. From this comparative analysis, identifiable patterns with regard to the role of 'universal terminology' in the communicative strategy of John's Apocalypse emerge.Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ;Beiheft 143.Apocalyptic literatureComparative studiesElectronic books.Apocalyptic literature228.066Herms Ronald1051503MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463476803321An apocalypse for the church and for the world2482041UNINA