Social-Science Commentary on the Book of RevelationFortress Press - 288 من الصفحات A groundbreaking first social-science commentary on this popular book of the Bible. |
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الصفحة 1
... human male with seven stars in his right hand ( l:l3 ) to the final vision of a gigantic new Jerusalem coming down from the sky ( 2l : l—22 : 5 ) , nearly all that the prophet observes in his visions is somehow related to the sky . By ...
... human male with seven stars in his right hand ( l:l3 ) to the final vision of a gigantic new Jerusalem coming down from the sky ( 2l : l—22 : 5 ) , nearly all that the prophet observes in his visions is somehow related to the sky . By ...
الصفحة 2
... human beings . About the same time the word began to be used in the interpersonal sense , Babylonian astronomical / astrological knowledge ( the two were identical at the time ) spread throughout the Mediterranean world ( see Florisoone ...
... human beings . About the same time the word began to be used in the interpersonal sense , Babylonian astronomical / astrological knowledge ( the two were identical at the time ) spread throughout the Mediterranean world ( see Florisoone ...
الصفحة 4
... human terms , be answers to particular questions . But these were never individu- alistic , personal questions of the sort found in modern horoscopes . Rather it was common in the period to read the sky to find out information about the ...
... human terms , be answers to particular questions . But these were never individu- alistic , personal questions of the sort found in modern horoscopes . Rather it was common in the period to read the sky to find out information about the ...
الصفحة 5
... human persons . ASC experiences befall persons who feel themselves endowed with powers to see and hear events in a realm normally not perceptible by humans . To describe these events as contacts with the " transcendent " or the ...
... human persons . ASC experiences befall persons who feel themselves endowed with powers to see and hear events in a realm normally not perceptible by humans . To describe these events as contacts with the " transcendent " or the ...
الصفحة 6
... human body is an intruder in that alternate reality . By bodily posture , the seer must tune the physical self to the alternate reality in order to properly per- ceive it . 3. The seer needs the readily learnable proper angle of vision ...
... human body is an intruder in that alternate reality . By bodily posture , the seer must tune the physical self to the alternate reality in order to properly per- ceive it . 3. The seer needs the readily learnable proper angle of vision ...
المحتوى
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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 |
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Altar ancient angel antediluvian Aries astral prophet astronomical Babylon Babylonian Beast Rising Book of Revelation called celestial century C.E. chap chapter comet constellation cosmic Lamb cosmos creation death decans deities described divine Dragon earth edicts elite Enoch example fire first-century Mediterranean four living creatures God's sky servants gods Gog and Magog Greek heaven Hellenistic hence holy honor horns horses human ingroup inhabitants Israelite Israelite tradition Jerusalem Jesus Jesus Messiah John John's Judeans kings Land Beast land of Israel likewise located Lord Matt Mediterranean Messiah moon noted NRSV opening Pergamum period personages persons planets prophecy Reading Scenarios reference rivers Scorpio scroll Sea Beast seal seer seven churches seven stars signs sky servants sky winds social spirit sword temple third throne thunder tion trumpet twelve Venus Virgo vision voice Woman words worship writing zodiac
مقاطع مشهورة
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.