Marshall, Parables of War: Reading John’s Jewish Apocalypse

Marshall, John W. Parables of War: Reading John’s Jewish Apocalypse . Studies in Christianity and Judaism, 10. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press (for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses), 2001. vii + 258.

A revised edition of the author’s Ph.D-thesis (see here).

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Aporias: Passages Without Passage
3. Meanings: Names and Paths
4. Terms: The Supplement and/or the Complement
5. Taxonomy: The Sine Qua Non of Christianity?
6. Narratives: John(‘s) Becomes a Christian (Document)
7. Names: Choosing Categories
8. Date: That Long Year
9. Location: Diaspora in War
10. Parables I: Standing Fast Among the Nations
11. Parables II: Defending the Holy City
12. Results: Judaism in Asia and Devotion to Jesus

Includes bibliographical references (pp. 208-239) and index.

“Provocative theoretical insights about the formation of early Christian communities in a first-century Jewish context have been stretched too far in this book” (Robert M. Royalty – read all of his review)

Reviews:

• Ronald R Clark, in: Review of Biblical Literature (2003) (direct link here)
• Paul B. Duff, in: Review of Biblical Literature (2003) (direct link here)
• Robert Royalty, in: Review of Biblical Literature (2003) (direct link here)