The cosmic journey in the Book of Revelation: apocalyptic cosmology and the experience of story-space
Joel M. Rothman considers the significance of cosmology in biblical and extra-biblical texts, and the role of the cosmic journey in many apocalyptic narratives. He posits that Revelation's narrative likewise takes the hearer on a virtual journey, through a cosmic story-space of great theologica...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London
T&T Clark
2023
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Library of New Testament studies (683)
Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Rothman, Joel M., The cosmic journey in the book of Revelation] (2025) (Jack, Alison)
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series/Journal: | Library of New Testament studies
683 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Revelation
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Biblical cosmology
B Biblical studies & exegesis B Thesis B Bible. Revelation Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | Joel M. Rothman considers the significance of cosmology in biblical and extra-biblical texts, and the role of the cosmic journey in many apocalyptic narratives. He posits that Revelation's narrative likewise takes the hearer on a virtual journey, through a cosmic story-space of great theological significance. While scholarship commonly assumes a three-tiered cosmos in Revelation, Rothman argues that Revelation's narrative operates in a four-tiered cosmos, with the hyper-heaven sitting above the sky-heaven, earth, and abyssal depths; a cosmic story-space that is recreated in the imagination of the hearers. Beginning with a methodology of visual narrative reading, Rothman then discusses the assumptions and existing conceptions regarding heaven and earth. He stresses that Revelation does not exhibit tension in its portrayal of heaven - between heaven as a site of conflict and heaven as the realm in which God truly reigns - but rather shows readers a sky-heaven characterised by archetypal conflict between powerful sky-beings and a hyper-heaven defined by full recognition of the Throne. In journeying through the sky-structure and God-space and by analysing the four cosmic layers in operation, the distinct nature of the two sky-spaces, cosmic change and the ideological import of the cosmic structure, Rothman demonstrates that the existence of the hyper-heaven - in contradistinction with the limited lived-cosmos of earth and sky-heaven - is a present guarantee of the final cosmic transformation that creates a new space for human life, exclusive of imperial draconian elements |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 978-0-567-71034-5 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5040/9780567710345 |
