Description: Preaching in the Last Days : The Theme of 'Two Witnesses' in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Hardcover by Petersen, Rodney Lawrence, ISBN 0195073746, ISBN-13 9780195073744, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK Reform-minded movements have long appealed to the Apocalypse, for it served to whet the visionary appetite. Early in the church's history speculation grew up around the text - Revelation 11:3-13 - depicting two witnesses, or prophets, who preach at the end of history against the beast from the abyss, the epitome of evil, called Antichrist. Different interpretive methodologies have discovered different meanings in the text, and a symbolic value for political or ecclesial reform has been identified with it throughout the history of its use. The witnesses have been linked to a time of culminating evil, to the final proclamation of hope, and to the end of history associated with divine judgment. Such speculation found ample expression in medieval literature, art, and drama. In the writings of reformers, however, the story acquired increased social implications. The text of the Apocalypse came to lend visionary strength to Protestant piety, polity, and political activity, and the adventual witnesses became increasingly visible in Protestant polemics. Anglo-American commentators, in particular, have used the text both for self-identity and as part of a formula for plotting the onset of Christ's millennial reign. Tracing the history of how the Apocalypse was read, Preaching in the Last Days sheds light on how social groups are formed through ideas occasioned by texts. Petersen's study provides a fascinating look at the theological significance of how we read biblical texts and offers new insights on the development of culture, the Christian movement, and its churches. Th has added importance for understanding the assumptions behind the ways in which th of Revelation is read and used in our own day.
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Book Title: Preaching in the Last Days : The Theme of 'Two Witnesses' in the
Number of Pages: 332 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Preaching in the Last Days: the Theme of `Two Witnesses' in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 1993
Subject: History
Item Height: 238 mm
Item Weight: 679 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Rodney L. Petersen
Item Width: 159 mm
Format: Hardcover
