Saving God's Reputation: The Theological Function of Pistis Iesou in the Cosmic Narratives of Revelation
This book pursues the conviction that the cosmic conflict imagery in Revelation is the primary and controlling element in the account of the aspiration of the Roman Empire and the imperial cult in Asia Minor.
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Saving God's Reputation: The Theological Function of Pistis Iesou in the Cosmic Narratives of Revelation
This book pursues the conviction that the cosmic conflict imagery in Revelation is the primary and controlling element in the account of the aspiration of the Roman Empire and the imperial cult in Asia Minor.
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Saving God's Reputation: The Theological Function of Pistis Iesou in the Cosmic Narratives of Revelation

Saving God's Reputation: The Theological Function of Pistis Iesou in the Cosmic Narratives of Revelation

Saving God's Reputation: The Theological Function of Pistis Iesou in the Cosmic Narratives of Revelation

Saving God's Reputation: The Theological Function of Pistis Iesou in the Cosmic Narratives of Revelation

Overview

This book pursues the conviction that the cosmic conflict imagery in Revelation is the primary and controlling element in the account of the aspiration of the Roman Empire and the imperial cult in Asia Minor.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780567044945
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/20/2007
Series: The Library of New Testament Studies , #337
Pages: 250
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Sigve K. Tonstad completed his PhD at the University of St. Andrews. He is Assistant Professor of Religion and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Loma Linda University in California.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.

Table of Contents

Part I: Conceptual Framework and Method
1. The Reach of Pistis Iesou in Revelation


2. The Literary Parameters of Revelation





Part II: The Story Line in Revelation


3. Discerning the Story Line from the End


4. Discerning the Story Line from the Middle: Setting and Sequence




5. Discerning the Story Line from the Middle: Characters and Plot





6. Discerning the Story Line from the Beginning: Setting and Sequence





7. Discerning the Story Line from the Beginning, Characters and Plot





8. Retracing the Story Line of Revelation





Part III: The Meaning of Pistis Iesou in Revelation





9. Pistis Iesou: Literary and Structural Considerations


10. The Meaning of Pistis Iesou in Revelation

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