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The Book of Revelation: Justice and Judgment (Second Edition)

The Book of Revelation

Justice and Judgment (Second Edition)

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (Author)

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Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza's pioneering and widely acclaimed volume, now reissued with a new Preface and Epilogue, has served to reorient interpretations of this controversial book. Rather than finding an individual Christian vision of a fiery endtime, Schussler Fiorenza writes of Christian communities living in the shadow of imperial power, fearing denunciation by their neighbors, yet envisioning the eventual effect of Jesus Christ's resurrection and enthronement on the whole social order. In Schüssler Fiorenza's theological-historical analyses, the Book of Revelation is a literary product of early Christian prophecy, and her interpretation leads to distinctive notions of the book's composition, social intent, relation to the Gospel of John, and visionary rhetoric of apocalypse and justice.
  • Publisher Fortress Press
  • Format Paperback
  • ISBN 9780800631611
  • Dimensions 6 x 9
  • Pages 256
  • Publication Date November 20, 1998

Endorsements

"Nowhere is this book pedantic or dry or lazy or dull. The author's excitement about the Bible's last book involves the reader in her passionate conviction of its here-and-now relevance to the struggle for a more faithful church and a more human world."
--The Christian Century

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface to Second Edition
Preface to First Edition
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction: Research Perspectives on the Book of Revelation


PART ONE: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES AND FRAMEWORKS
Chapter 1 -- History and Eschatology in Revelation
Chapter 2 -- Redemption as Liberation (Rev. 1:5-6 and 5:9-10)

PART TWO: REVELATION IN THE CONTEXT OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN ASIA MINOR
Chapter 3 -- The Quest for the Johannine School: The Book of Revelation and the Fourth Gospel
Chapter 4 -- Apocalyptic and Gnosis in Revelation and in Paul
Chapter 5 -- Apokalypsis and Propheteia: Revelation in the Context of Early Christian Prophecy

PART THREE: LITERACY VISION AND COMPOSITION
Chapter 6 -- The Composition and Structure of Revelation
Chapter 7 -- Visionary Rhetoric and Social-Political Situation

Epilogue: The Rhetoricality of Apocalypse and the Politics of Interpretation
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