Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Revelation

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Fortress Press - 288 من الصفحات
A groundbreaking first social-science commentary on this popular book of the Bible.

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Introduction
1
Structure of the Book and Reading Scenarios
25
Chapter 1
29
Chapters 2 and 3
49
Chapter 4
69
Chapter 5
87
Chapter 6
99
Chapter 7
115
Chapter 13
167
Chapter 14
179
Chapter 15
189
Chapter 16
193
Chapter 17
201
Chapter 18
217
Chapter 19
225
Chapter 20
241

Beginning
121
Chapters 8 and 9
125
Continued
137
Chapter 10
141
Chapter 11
145
Chapter 12
153
Chapter 21
243
Chapter 22
255
Revelation Notations
263
Bibliography
281
Index of Reading Scenarios
288
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الصفحة 154 - Dragon *And a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; 2she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.
الصفحة 243 - Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
الصفحة 217 - And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues : 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
الصفحة 119 - Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
الصفحة 154 - Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accuseth them before our God day and night.
الصفحة 243 - And her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal ; and had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. On the east three gates ; on the north three gates ; on the south three gates ; and on the west three gates.
الصفحة 51 - Remember then from what you have fallen, repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
الصفحة 154 - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
الصفحة 218 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
الصفحة 252 - I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

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