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Shapes of apocalypse : arts and philosophy in Slavic thought
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ISBN: 1618111965 1618116959 9781618111968 9781618116956 9781618111746 1618111744 9781618111746 Year: 2013 Publisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press,

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This collective volume aims to highlight the philosophical and literary idea of apocalypse within key examples in the Slavic world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From Russian realism to avant-garde painting, from the classic fiction of the nineteenth century to twentieth-century philosophy, not omitting theatre, cinema or music, the concepts of "end of history" and "end of present time" are specifically examined as conditions for a redemptive image of the world. To understand this idea is to understand an essential part of Slavic culture, which, however divergent and variegated it may be, converges on this specific myth in a surprising manner.


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Guiding to a blessed end
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ISBN: 0813221153 9780813221151 9780813221144 0813221145 Year: 2013 Publisher: Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America Press

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Apocalyptic fervor gripped the Eastern Roman Empire as late antiquity drew to a close. The empire confronted bubonic plague, civil war, famine, and catastrophic Persian invasions. Meanwhile, Andrew, archbishop of Caesarea, was tasked with writing what would become the first Greek patristic commentary on the Apocalypse and the single mostinfluential commentary on any biblical book. Andrew preserved existing Eastern Apocalypse interpretation and applied his own exegetical skills to create a commentary that remains fresh and remarkably contemporary.Andrew emphasized the spiritual value of the Apocalypse, transforming popular understanding of Revelation from a doomsday scenario to a "useful, God-inspired" book that would "guide those who read it to a blessed end." At the time, Revelation was largely rejected from the canon in the East, but Andrew's explanation would change its fate and influence Eastern eschatology forever. His work became the predominant and standard patristic commentary for the Greek East as well as the Slavic, Armenian, and Georgian churches. So highly regarded, it was directly responsible for the eventual acceptance of Revelation into the canon of the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox churches.In this interesting and insightful work, Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou, the leading expert on Andrew of Caesarea and the first to translate his Apocalypse commentary into any modern language, identifies an exact date for the commentary and a probable recipient. Her groundbreaking book, the first ever written about Andrew, analyzes his historical milieu, education, style, methodology, theology, eschatology, and pervasive and lasting influence. She explains the direct correlation between Andrew of Caesarea and fluctuating status of the Book of Revelation in Eastern Christianity through the centuries.


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Bede : commentary on revelation
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ISBN: 9781846318450 9781846318443 1846318440 1846318459 Year: 2013 Volume: 58 Publisher: Liverpool Liverpool University Press

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The Commentary on Revelation is Bede's first venture into Biblical exegesis - an ambitious choice for a young monastic scholar in a newly Christianized land. Its subject matter - the climax of the great story of creation and redemption, of history and of time itself - adds to the Commentary's intrinsic importance, for these themes lie at the heart of Bede's concerns and of his achievement as a historian, exegete, scholar, and preacher. But Bede was also a man of his age. When he penned the Commentary around 703, speculation and anxiety about the end of the world was in the air. According to conventional chronology, almost 6,000 years had passed since creation. If for God 'one day ... is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day' (2 Peter 3:8), the world was destined to last six millennia, corresponding to the six days of creation. The end, then, was close. Bede vigorously opposed the temptation to calculate the time of the end. The Commentary argues that Revelation is not a literal prophecy, but a symbolic reflection on the perennial struggle of the Church in this world. At the same time, the young Bede is starting to shape his own account of how the end-times would unfold. This translation, prefaced by a substantial Introduction, will be of interest to students of medieval religious and cultural history, of Anglo-Saxon England, and of the history of Biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages."--Jacket.


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An ancient commentary on the Book of Revelation : a critical edition of the Scholia in apocalypsin.
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ISBN: 9781107026940 9781139208758 9781107341845 1107341841 1139208756 1107026946 1107357713 1107349141 1107344344 1107348099 1107345596 1107352711 1108730000 9781107357716 9781107349148 9781107344341 9781107348097 9781107345591 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York Cambridge university press

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This is a new critical edition, with translation and commentary, of the Scholia in Apocalypsin, which were falsely attributed to Origen a century ago. They include extensive sections from Didymus the Blind's lost Commentary on the Apocalypse (fourth century) and therefore counter the current belief that Oecumenius' commentary (sixth century) was the most ancient. Professor Tzamalikos argues that their author was in fact Cassian the Sabaite, an erudite monk and abbot at the monastery of Sabas, the Great Laura, in Palestine. He was different from the alleged Latin author John Cassian, placed a century or so before the real Cassian. The Scholia attest to the tension between the imperial Christian orthodoxy of the sixth century and certain monastic circles, who drew freely on Hellenic ideas and on alleged 'heretics'. They show that, during that period, Hellenism was a vigorous force inspiring not only pagan intellectuals, but also influential Christian quarters.

Die Ethik der Johannes-Apokalypse im Vergleich mit der des 4. Esra : Ein Beitrag zum Verhältnis von Apokalyptik und Ethik
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ISSN: 01716441 ISBN: 3110161524 3110804085 9783110161526 Year: 2013 Volume: 94 Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter,


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John Bale’s 'The Image of Both Churches'
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ISBN: 9400772955 9400772963 Year: 2013 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,

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This book is a critical edition of John Bale's The Image of Both Churches (c. 1545). The Introduction provides a thorough overview of this sixteenth century work, explaining its relationship to the apocalyptic tradition and to Bale's important inspirations, from Augustine to Erasmus and Luther. Topics such as Bale's language, the place of the Image in his oeuvre, his use of medieval chronicles, and the influence of his exegesis are also discussed.   The Image has often been called Bale's most important work; it articulated and developed the English Protestant view of the Apocalypse, influencing other Reformers both in England and on the continent. This book offers the first critical edition of the Image, including fully modernized spelling and punctuation as well as extensive explanatory notes.   The five sixteenth-century printed editions of the Image are collated here, with textual notes that illustrate the relationship between variant readings and provide information on the choices made in this particular edition. This book also reproduces the striking woodcut illustrations from the Image in their original placements; examples from two different woodcut series are offered, as well as an overview of the history and importance of these images in the early printed texts.   Five appendices, including a glossary of unfamiliar terms and a chart outlining Bale's periodization of history, also provide a wealth of information that enables readers to understand and use this edition. The largest appendix, on historical names and terminology, gives biographical information for 450 individuals and explains their importance, both to Bale and to the sixteenth-century Reformers in a broader context.   This critical edition of the Image offers the most thorough study of the work to date, opening up the opportunity for a deeper understanding of this monumental text and for many further avenues of research.


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Riches, poverty, and the faithful
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ISBN: 9781107018501 9781139088091 9781107567443 9781139625333 1139625330 1139088092 113961231X 9781139612319 1107018501 1139610457 1107235383 1107567440 113961603X 1139608835 1299257704 1139621610 9781139610452 9781107235380 9781139608831 9781299257702 Year: 2013 Volume: 154 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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In the book of Revelation, John appeals to the faithful to avoid the temptations of wealth, which he connects with evil and disobedience within secular society. New Testament scholars have traditionally viewed his somewhat radical stance as a reaction to the social injustices and idolatry of the imperial Roman cults of the day. Mark D. Mathews argues that John's rejection of affluence was instead shaped by ideas in the Jewish literature of the Second Temple period which associated the rich with the wicked and viewed the poor as the righteous. Mathews explores how traditions preserved in the Epistle of Enoch and later Enochic texts played a formative role in shaping John's theological perspective. This book will be of interest to those researching poverty and wealth in early Christian communities and the relationship between the traditions preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls and New Testament.

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Wealth --- Jewish religious literature --- Biblical teaching. --- History and criticism. --- Bible. --- Dead Sea scrolls. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 241.65*5 --- 241:22 --- 228 --- 229*3 --- Theologische ethiek: private eigendom; diefstal; armoede --- Moraaltheologie. Theologische ethiek-:-Bijbel --- Apocalyps. Boek der Openbaring van Johannes. Apocalyptiek --- Dode Zeerollen en intertestamentaire literatuur --- 229*3 Dode Zeerollen en intertestamentaire literatuur --- 241.65*5 Theologische ethiek: private eigendom; diefstal; armoede --- History and criticism --- Biblical teaching --- Jerusalem scrolls --- ʻAin Fashka scrolls --- Jericho scrolls --- Scrolls, Dead Sea --- Qumrân scrolls --- Rękopisy z Qumran --- Shikai bunsho --- Megilot Midbar Yehudah --- Dodezee-rollen --- Kumránské rukopisy --- Documentos de Qumrán --- Textos de Qumrán --- Rollos del Mar Muerto --- Manuscritos del Mar Muerto --- Manuscrits de la mer Morte --- Dödahavsrullarna --- Kumranin kirjoitukset --- Kuolleenmeren kirjoitukset --- Qumranhandskrifterna --- Qumranin kirjoitukset --- Qumran Caves scrolls --- Abūghālimsīs --- Apocalipse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalisse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalypse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apocalypse of John --- Apocalypse of St. John --- Apocalypsis Johannis --- Apocalypsis S. Johannis --- Apokalypse (Book of the New Testament) --- Apokalypsin --- Book of Revelation --- Johannes-Apokalypse --- Johannesapokalypse --- Johannesoffenbarung --- Offenbarung des Johannes --- Revelation (Book of the New Testament) --- Revelation of St. John --- Revelation of St. John the Divine --- Revelation to John --- Ruʼyā (Book of the New Testament) --- Sifr al-Ruʼyā --- Yohan kyesirok --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Wealth - Biblical teaching. --- Jewish religious literature - History and criticism. --- Apokalipsa św. Jana --- Apokalipsa świętego Jana


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Johannine writings and apocalyptic
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ISBN: 9789004254459 9789004254879 9004254870 1299847595 9781299847590 9004254455 Year: 2013 Publisher: Leiden Boston

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Johannine Writings and Apocalyptic provides a wide-ranging and thorough annotated bibliography for John's Gospel, the Johannine letters, Revelation, and apocalyptic writings pertinent to these books. More inclusive than many other bibliographies, this volume provides reference to over 1300 individual entries, often including references to multiple works with a given description. Annotations are designed to provide guidance to a wide range of readers, from students wishing to gain entry to the subject to graduate students engaging in research to professors needing ready access to useful materials. The volume is topically organized and indexed for easy access.

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