Archive for the ‘Abstracts’ Category

Carey, Attention-Seeking Behaviour (abstract)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Carey, William Gregory. Attention-Seeking Behavior: Rhetoric, Resistance, and Authority in the Book of Revelation. Dissertation under the direction of Professor Fernando F. Segovia. Vanderbilt University, 1996.Authority represents a fundamental dimension of the Book of Revelation, which resists the Roman Empire of the late first century and those Jews, Christians, ...

Wilson, A Pie in a Very Bleak Sky (abstract)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Wilson, Mark Wayne. A Pie in a Very Bleak sky? Analysis and Appropriation of the Promise Sayings in the Seven Letters to the Churches in Revelation 2-3. Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject Biblical Studies at the University ...

Marshall, Parables of the War (abstract)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Marshall, John W.: Parables of the War: Reading the Apocalypse within Judaism and during the Judaean War. Ph.D.-dissertation, Princeton University. Supervisor: John G. Gager. Date of defence: 7th November 1997This dissertation resituates the Apocalypse of John as a document of the Jewish diaspora during the Judaean War. ...