Riches, Poverty, and the Faithful - Perspectives on Wealth in Second Temple Period Apocalypse of John

Informationen zum Autor Mark D. Mathews is Teaching Elder and Senior Pastor at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Tyndale House Fellowship. Klappentext Proposes a new approach to understanding how John speaks about wealth in the book of Revelation. Zusammenfassung Mathews explores John's language of wealth in the book of Revelation! arguing that his rejection of affluence was shaped by ideas in Jewish literature of the Second Temple period. It will interest those researching wealth and poverty in early Christian communities and students of Johannine theology and Jewish apocalyptic literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction: 1. The question of wealth in the Apocalypse; Part II. The Language of Wealth and Poverty in the Second Temple Period: Introduction; 2. Dead Sea Scrolls: non-sectarian Aramaic documents; 3. Dead Sea Scrolls: non-sectarian Hebrew documents; 4. Dead Sea Scrolls: sectarian Hebrew documents; 5. Other Jewish literature; Preliminary conclusions; Part III. Wealth, Poverty, and the Faithful Community in the Apocalypse of John: Introduction; 6. The language of wealth and poverty in the seven messages - Rev 2-3; 7. The present eschatological age - Rev 4-6; 8. Buying and selling in Satan's world - Rev 12-13, 18; 9. Final conclusions.

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• Authors: Mark D. Mathews, Mark D. (University of Durham) Mathews
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2013
• EAN: 9781107018501
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01850-1
• No. of pages: 291
• Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series; Society for New Testament Stud; Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series; Society for New Testament Stud
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works