TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nwachukwu,Oliver
TI  - Beyond vengeance and protest: a reflection on the macarisms in Revelation
SN  - 0820471313
AV  - BS 2825.52N82 2005 BS 2825.52N82 2005
U1  - 228/.06 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Peter Lang
KW  - Bible N.T.-- Revelation -- Criticism, Interpretation etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-267) and indexes; Development and application of the concept of narcism -- Outside the biblical literature -- In the Hebrew Bible -- Early Jewish literature -- The Q document -- The New Testament and Gospel of Thomas -- Among other early Christian writings -- Ideological spectrum of the author -- Collective and individual macarisms -- The number seven in relation to the seven macarisms -- A brief note on Revelation and its structure -- Macarism of the three in one -- Revelation to prophetic-Revelation : a case of human modulation -- Prophetic guild and the activities of the early Christian prophets -- John's apocalyptic thought in the light of propinquity of time -- Macarism of the dead -- Persecution and martyrdom in the book of Revelation -- Internal evidence of persecution -- External evidence of persecution -- Macarism of the vigilant watcher -- Phenomenological saga of the Lord's coming -- Revelation's eschaton in the light of the OT's day of the Lord -- Macarism of the marriage guest -- Marriage Feast of the Lamb as harmonization with the church -- Messianic banquet in Judaism and early Christianity -- Macarism of the resurrected -- Excursion into first and second resurrection phraseology the problem of millennialism -- Macarism of the keeper revisited -- From prophecy to prophetic book -- Macarism of the conqueror -- Garment cleansing as spiritual dwelling with Christ -- Tree of life and the symbolic New City gates -- Theology of the macarisms
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