Liturgy

Brown, R. E. An Introduction to the New Testament. The Anchor Bible Reference Literature. New York: Doubleday, 1997. The late Professor Brown’s introduction, about 45 pages long, is well-written. “Rev is widely popular for the wrong reasons,” Brown states and gives some examples. As usual, Brown’s results are summarised in a box: “Summary of Basic [...]

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Tóth, Der himmlische Kult

by Georg S. Adamsen on December 28, 2007

in Cultic analysis, Liturgy

Tóth, Franz. Der himmlische Kult: Wirklichkeitskonstruktion und Sinnbildung in der Johannesoffenbarung. Arbeiten zur Bibel und ihrer Geschichte, 22. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2006. xii + 613 pp. A rough translation of the publisher’s information: “The readers of Revelation are invited to submerge themselves into a textual world. In this world a cultic event is happening in [...]

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Seel, Theology of Music for Worship

by Georg S. Adamsen on December 27, 2007

in Liturgy, Music

Seel, Thomas Allen. A Theology of Music for Worship Derived From the Book of Revelation. Studies in liturgical musicology, 3. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1995. xi + 209 pp. ISBN: 0810829894. $30.00 / £38.00 / €59.85. Revised edition of Seel’s thesis. Includes bibliography (pp. 193-206) and index. The publisher describes the book as follows: [...]

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Barr, David Lawrence (ed.) The Reality of Apocalypse: Rhetoric and Politics in the Book of Revelation. Society of Biblical Literature symposium series, 39. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2006. ix + 306 pp. RRP £19.22 Barr, who headed the Seminar on the Apocalypse: The Intersection of Literary and Social Methos, has selected a number of essays to [...]

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