Royal Ideologies in the Book of Revelation

Informationen zum Autor Justin Schedtler is Assistant Professor of Religion at Wartburg College. He is the author of A Heavenly Chorus (2014) and co-editor, with Kelly Murphy, of Apocalypses in Context (2016). Klappentext "Explores how narratives of Jesus in early Christian literature were shaped by royal and messianic ideologies and discourses regnant in the Greco-Roman (and especially Second Temple Jewish) world"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The divine election of the Lamb; 2. The theology of victory of the slaughtered Lamb; 3. The Lamb on the divine throne; 4. The Lamb as divine benefactor; 5. Praising God's chosen king.

Product details

• Authors: Justin P Jeffcoat Schedtler, Justin P. Jeffcoat Schedtler, Justin P. (Wartburg College Jeffcoat Schedtler
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009297400
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0929740-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Judaism / Talmud, RELIGION / Eschatology, Middle East, Christianity, Philosophy of religion, Relating to Christian people and groups, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, BCE to c 500 CE, New Testaments, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, c 1 to c 500 CE, Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings, Judaism: Sacred Texts, RELIGION: Eschatology, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents, Writings of the Early Church Fathers