RT Book T1 The mystery of the book of Revelation: reenvisioning the end of time T2 Hors serie A1 Afzal, Cameron LA English PP Lewiston, NY u.a. PB Edwin Mellen Press YR 2008 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/562883258 AB Introduction -- Reading time : a matter of method -- The communal icon -- The experience of time -- Inscribed time -- Apocalypse and prophecy -- The literary genre apocalypse -- The apocalypse as prophecy -- John and his community -- Who was John? -- The occasion for John's prophecy -- A vision of this world in six seals -- The introductory Merkavah vision -- Experienced catastrophe -- The four horsemen : a symbolic year -- The fifth seal : the plight of the faithful -- The sixth seal : the signs of the end -- Sabbath : a new age -- A window in time -- The followers of the Lamb NO Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-150) and index CN BS2825.52 SN 978-0-7734-5183-4 SN 0-7734-5183-8 K1 Bible : Revelation : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Bible : Criticism, interpretation, etc