| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 282 pages). |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 238
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Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 238.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and indexes. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. New Testament. Revelation XXI, 1-XXII, 5 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. New Testament. Revelation XXI, 1-XXII, 5 -- Relation to the Old Testament.
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Bible. Revelation, XXI, 1-XXII, 5 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
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Bible. Revelation, XXI, 1-XXII, 5 -- Relation to the Old Testament. |
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Bible. New Testament. Apocalypse XXI, 1-XXII, 5 -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. New Testament. Apocalypse XXI, 1-XXII, 5 -- Relation avec l'Ancien Testament. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mathewson, David. New heaven and a new earth. London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, ©2003 082646226X (DLC) 2003428904 (OCoLC)51194773 |
| ISBN |
9780567401632 (electronic bk.) |
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0567401634 (electronic bk.) |
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082646226X |
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9780826462268 |
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