LEADER 03699nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910807329803321 005 20240410201742.0 010 $a3-11-091451-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110914511 035 $a(CKB)3360000000338778 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000713423 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12329942 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713423 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10658129 035 $a(PQKB)11707244 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3041660 035 $a(DE-B1597)56945 035 $a(OCoLC)979850392 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110914511 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3041660 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10597275 035 $a(OCoLC)922944611 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000338778 100 $a20061201d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn apocalypse for the church and for the world$b[electronic resource] $ethe narrative function of universal language in the book of Revelation /$fRonald Herms 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cW. de Gruyter$dc2006 215 $axv, 299 p 225 1 $aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fu?r die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der a?lteren Kirche,$x0171-6441 ;$vBd. 143 300 $aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Durham University. 311 0 $a3-11-019312-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [262]-272) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tPreface --$tTable of Contents --$tPublication Abbreviations --$tChapter One. Introduction --$tChapter Two. Early Jewish Literature --$tChapter Three. Preliminary Matters in the Book of Revelation --$tChapter Four. Universal Traditions in the Book of Revelation --$tChapter Five. Synthesis and Conclusions --$tBibliography --$tIndex of Authors --$tIndex of Topics --$tIndex of References 330 $aThis monograph examines the problem of universally inclusive language in the book of Revelation and the resulting narrative tension created by narrowly exclusive language. Analysis is conducted by placing relevant texts within their literary-narrative context and through consideration of how the author understood and appropriated biblical traditions. A key feature of this study is its examination of four early Jewish documents with significant similarities to the problem being examined in Revelation. From these documents (Tobit; Similitudes of Enoch [1 Enoch 37-71]; 4 Ezra; and, Animal Apocalypse [1 Enoch 85-90]) a contextual picture emerges which allows a fuller understanding of Revelation's distinctive approach toward the problem of the fate of the nations. This study contends that the interpretive strategies applied to biblical traditions in Revelation have their roots in the wider early Jewish milieu. From this comparative analysis, identifiable patterns with regard to the role of 'universal terminology' in the communicative strategy of John's Apocalypse emerge. 410 0$aBeihefte zur Zeitschrift fu?r die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der a?lteren Kirche ;$vBeiheft 143. 606 $aApocalyptic literature$vComparative studies 610 $aApocalyptic Literature. 610 $aBook of Revelation. 610 $aEarly Jewish eschatology. 610 $aFate of the Nations / Fate of the Gentiles. 610 $aUniversalism. 615 0$aApocalyptic literature 676 $a228.066 686 $aBC 7390$2rvk 700 $aHerms$b Ronald$01645237 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807329803321 996 $aAn apocalypse for the church and for the world$93991576 997 $aUNINA