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Making sense of the book of Revelation / Laurie Guy ; general editor, Paul S. Fiddes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Regent's study guidesPublisher: Macon, Ga. : Smyth & Helwys Pub., 2009Description: 1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781573127943
  • 1573127949
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making sense of the book of Revelation.DDC classification:
  • 228/.07 22
LOC classification:
  • BS2825.53 .G89 2009eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction: Approaching the Book -- The social context of Revelation -- The type of literature of the book of Revelation -- Setting the scene : Revelation 1 -- Overview of the letters to the seven churches : Revelation 2-3 -- The message to each of the seven churches : Revelation 2-3 -- From earth to heaven : Revelation 4-5 -- Wrath from above, the opening of the seven seals : Revelation 6:1; 8:5 -- Ruin repeated, the blowing of the trumpets : Revelation 8:6; -11:19 -- The defeat of the dragon and the emergence of the two beasts : Revelation 12-13 -- Life from the Lamb or wrath from the bowls : Revelation 14-16 -- The overthrow of Babylon : Revelation 17:1; 19:10 -- The end of evil : Revelation 19:11; 20:15 -- A new heaven, a new earth, and the New Jerusalem : Revelation 21-22 -- Epilogue: The enduring value of the book of Revelation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Approaching the Book -- The social context of Revelation -- The type of literature of the book of Revelation -- Setting the scene : Revelation 1 -- Overview of the letters to the seven churches : Revelation 2-3 -- The message to each of the seven churches : Revelation 2-3 -- From earth to heaven : Revelation 4-5 -- Wrath from above, the opening of the seven seals : Revelation 6:1; 8:5 -- Ruin repeated, the blowing of the trumpets : Revelation 8:6; -11:19 -- The defeat of the dragon and the emergence of the two beasts : Revelation 12-13 -- Life from the Lamb or wrath from the bowls : Revelation 14-16 -- The overthrow of Babylon : Revelation 17:1; 19:10 -- The end of evil : Revelation 19:11; 20:15 -- A new heaven, a new earth, and the New Jerusalem : Revelation 21-22 -- Epilogue: The enduring value of the book of Revelation.

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