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Saving God's Reputation
Sigve K Tonstad
其他書名
The Theological Function of Pistis Iesou in the Cosmic Narratives of Revelation
出版
Bloomsbury Academic
, 2012-11-22
主題
Religion / Biblical Studies / General
Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament
Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General
ISBN
0567202445
9780567202444
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=c9-c-nfsVhQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Scholars generally see the aspiration of the Roman Empire and the imperial cult in Asia Minor as the great villain in "Revelation," treating the depiction of a cosmic conflict in the book mostly as metaphors that hold little or no explanatory power in the story. This book pursues the conviction that the cosmic conflict imagery is the primary and controlling element in the account. Such a reading puts the war-in-heaven theme in the foreground and calls on interpreters to pay more attention to the heavenly being whose attempt to subvert the truth about the divine government is the unremitting concern in "Revelation." This book redresses the distortion that results from leaving the larger conflict theme underexposed. Having first developed the story line, it aims is to show that the phrase 'Pistis Iesou' in "Revelation" is best understood when "Revelation" is read as a theodicy of God's handling of the reality of evil.