
Ancient Christian Interpretations of "Violent Texts" in the Apocalypse
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 6. October 2011
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Hardback
313 pages
978-3-525-53976-7 (ISBN)
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Description
The Apocalypse of John belongs to the most puzzling texts of the New Testament. Historical-critical exegesis has been stressing that the book above all wishes to give a message of hope and comfort for a community under threat. Yet readers have also always been impressed and terrified by the many images of violence, including war, destruction, persecution and martyrdom, and the appearance of the devil and his demons. This book does not allow its readers to remain neutral.The present volume offers the proceedings of a conference that was held in Leuven, Belgium, in September 2009 and was organised by the general editors of the Novum Testamentum Patristicum. The conference focused on how early Christian and Patristic authors have coped with all these many passages that deal with various sorts of violence. The volume contains essays on most of the important commentators, Origen, Tyconius, Lactance, Victorin of Pettau, and those of a somewhat later age, Andreas of Caesarea, Oecumenius, and Bede, but also looks at the reception history on a larger scale. It also deals with issues of method in reading the Book of Revelation, with important themes (the 1000-year reign), the Jewish background of some of these motifs, and the reception of Patristic thought in the most important medieval commentator of the book, Joachim of Fiore.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Göttingen
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 16 cm
Thickness: 2.5 cm
Weight
651 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-525-53976-7 (9783525539767)
DOI
10.3244/9783525539767.1
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Editor
Joseph Verheyden ist Professor emeritus für Neues Testament an der theologischen Fakultät der Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
ISNI: 0000 0001 0899 1388
ISNI: 0000 0001 0899 1388
Dr. theol. Tobias Nicklas ist Professor für Exegese und Hermeneutik des Neuen Testaments an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Regensburg.
Andreas Merkt ist Professor für Historische Theologie, Alte Kirchengeschichte und Patrologie an der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Regensburg und stellvertretender Sprecher der DFG-Kollegforschungsgruppe/Centre for Advanced Studies "Beyond Canon" an der Universität Regensburg.
ISNI: 0000 0000 6145 7451
ISNI: 0000 0000 6145 7451
Contributions
Dr. theol. Stefan Alkier ist Professor für Neues Testament und Geschichte der Alten Kirche an der Universität Frankfurt/Main.
Dr. theol. Christopher Rowland is Dean Ireland Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford.
Dr. theol. Jan Dochhorn is Lector / Associate Professor for New Testament Studies at Aarhus University.
Harald Buchinger ist Professor für Liturgiewissenschaft an der Universität Regensburg.