Apocalypse and millennium : studies in biblical eisegesis / Kenneth G.C. Newport.
Apocalypse and millennium : studies in biblical eisegesis / Kenneth G.C. Newport.
Apocalypse and millennium : studies in biblical eisegesis / Kenneth G.C. Newport.
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N228.06/4
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English
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x, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : texts, eisegesis and millennial expectation -- Hanserd Knollys, Benjamin Keach and the book of Revelation : a study in Baptist eisegesis -- Revelation 13 and the papal Antichrist in eighteenth-century England -- Catholic Apocalypse : the book of Revelation in Roman Catholicism from c....
Waco Apocalypse : the book of Revelation in the Branch Davidian tradition.
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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England
Date Published
2000.
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"This book is about the various ways in which the book of Revelation (the Apocalypse) has been interpreted over the last 300 years. It examines in detail Methodist, Baptist, English Anglican, and Roman Catholic uses of Revelation from 1600 to 1800, and then American and Seventh-day Adventist uses from 1800 on.".
"Apocalypse and Millennium argues that far from being a random sequence of bizarre statements, millennial schemes (including the setting of dates for the second coming of Christ) are more often characterised by highly complex and internally consistent interpretations of scripture. Such interpretations do not always result in positive outcomes. As a...
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Apocalypse and millennium : studies in biblical eisegesis / Kenneth G.C. Newport.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and indexes.
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N228.06/4
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0521773342
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228.060903
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991012979229702626
