Manuscripts of the book of Revelation : new philology, paratexts, reception /
The book of Revelation is a disorienting work, full of beasts, heavenly journeys, holy war, the End of the Age, and the New Jerusalem. It is difficult to follow the thread that ties the visions together and to makes sense of the work's message. This book argues that one way to understand the st...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Oxford] :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The book of Revelation is a disorienting work, full of beasts, heavenly journeys, holy war, the End of the Age, and the New Jerusalem. It is difficult to follow the thread that ties the visions together and to makes sense of the work's message. This book argues that one way to understand the strange history of Revelation and its challenging texts is to go back to its manuscripts. The texts of the Greek manuscripts of Revelation are the foundation for the words that we encounter when we read Revelation in a modern Bible. But the manuscripts also tell us what other ancient, medieval, and early modern people thought about the work they copied and read. The paratexts of Revelation-the many features of the manuscripts that help readers to navigate and interpret the text-are one important point of evidence. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2020. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780192588883 0192588885 9780191883323 0191883328 9780192588890 0192588893 |