The book of Revelation and its eastern commentators: making the New Testament in the early Christian world
"In this book I examine the formation of the New Testament as a Greco-Roman 'testament." In Latin (testamentum) and in Greek (will) the term 'testament' referred to an authoritative document, or a collection of authoritative documents, like a treaty, contract, or covenant. Y...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
Cambridge University Press
2021
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| In: | Anno: 2021 |
| Recensioni: | [Rezension von: Schmidt, T. C., 1983-, The book of Revelation and its eastern commentators] (2022) (Gumerlock, Francis X., 1961 -)
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| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Bibel. Offenbarung des Johannes
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| Notazioni IxTheo: | HC Nuovo Testamento |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Bible. Revelation
Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible. New Testament Canon |
| Accesso online: |
Indice Quarta di copertina Literaturverzeichnis |
| Edizione parallela: | Elettronico
Elettronico Elettronico |
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| Riepilogo: | "In this book I examine the formation of the New Testament as a Greco-Roman 'testament." In Latin (testamentum) and in Greek (will) the term 'testament' referred to an authoritative document, or a collection of authoritative documents, like a treaty, contract, or covenant. Yet testamentum and will had also another narrower sense that described a 'will' (as in a 'will and testament'), a document or a collection of documents that, after its author's decease, was likewise vested with much authoritative status. This semantic range of meanings will be helpful for us as we consider the formation of the New Testament, for just such a range of meaning was on the mind of those ancient Christians who first (and routinely) called their sacred writings 'the New estament.'1 In this book then, I examine how Greco-Roman 'testaments'-like treaties, contracts, covenants, and especially wills-came to be created and certified. And in doing so, I illuminate the practices and processes that led to the making of the New Testament.2"-- |
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| Descrizione del documento: | "Bibliography: Commentators" Seite 205-208 Literaturverzeichnis Seite 209-236 Mit Registern |
| Descrizione fisica: | viii, 246 Seiten, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-316-51936-3 978-1-009-01033-7 |