A new heaven and a new earth [[electronic resource] ] : the meaning and function of the Old Testament in Revelation 21.1-22.5 / / David Mathewson
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Mathewson David
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| Titolo: |
A new heaven and a new earth [[electronic resource] ] : the meaning and function of the Old Testament in Revelation 21.1-22.5 / / David Mathewson
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 228.06 |
| 228/.06 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-256) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2; THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH IN REVELATION 21.1 -5 A; Chapter 3; PROPHETIC LEGITIMIZATION AND EXHORTATION IN REVELATION 21.5B-8; Chapter 4; NEW JERUSALEM AND NEW TEMPLE IN REVELATION 21.9-17; Chapter 5; PRECIOUS STONES AND DIVINE PRESENCE IN REVELATION 21.18-21; Chapter 6; THE INCLUSION OF THE NATIONS AND THE HOLY CITY IN REVELATION 21.22-27; Chapter 7; PARADISE RESTORED AND RENEWED IN REVELATION 22.1 -5; Chapter 8; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this book the author attempts to move beyond merely identifying and substantiating OT allusions in Revelation to considering how the presence of OT allusions and echoes affects reading Rev. 21.1-22.5 and how the OT functions within the context of the entire work. The author concludes that a variety of semantic effects are evoked by the author's continuous intertextual appeal to the OT: new creation, new exodus, new Jerusalem, new covenant, bridge, new temple-priesthood, paradise restored and renewed, inclusion of the nations, prophetic legitimization. The numerous allusions function to shap |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A new heaven and a new earth |
| ISBN: | 1-283-19749-9 |
| 9786613197498 | |
| 0-567-40163-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789779903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 238.
Library of New Testament studies.