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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Issues in Interpreting Apocalyptic Texts | |
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| Encountering Apocalyptic Worlds | |
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| What Is Apocalypticism? | |
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| Biblical Apocalyptic Literature | |
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| The Roots of Apocalyptic Imagination | |
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| The Danger of Domesticating the Apocalyptic Texts | |
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| Domesticating Apocalyptic Texts through Spiritual and Symbolic Readings | |
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| Domesticating Apocalyptic Texts through Futuristic Readings or through Historicized Readings | |
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| Domesticating Apocalyptic Texts through Overly Credulous or Overly Suspicious Readings | |
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| A New Search for the Literal Sense of Apocalyptic Texts | |
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| Formulating a Canonical Approach | |
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| Theological Contributions of Apocalyptic Texts | |
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| Apocalyptic Texts and Liberation | |
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| The Social Worlds Behind the Apocalyptic Literature | |
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| The Rise of Apocalyptic Groups | |
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| Various Biblical Texts, Various Apocalyptic Groups | |
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| Reading the Apocalyptic Texts of the Bible | |
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| Early Apocalyptic Texts among the Prophetic Books | |
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| Selected Texts within Ezekiel | |
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| The Book of Zechariah | |
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| The Book of Joel | |
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| Selected Texts within Isaiah | |
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| The Book of Malachi | |
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| The Book of Daniel | |
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| Issues in Reading | |
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| Tracing Scriptural Allusions in Daniel | |
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| Contents and Theological Highlights | |
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| Reading Daniel as Canonical Scripture | |
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| Group Origins and Social Background | |
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| Apocalypticism and the Jesus Group | |
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| Jesus as an Apocalyptic Herald | |
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| Jesus' Catastrophic Messiahship | |
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| Jesus' Transcendent Identity | |
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| Apocalyptic Worlds and the Early Christian Churches | |
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| The Letters of Paul | |
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| The Apocalyptic Discourse of the Gospels | |
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| The Book of Revelation | |
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| Issues in Reading | |
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| Tracing Scriptural Allusions in Revelation | |
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| Contents and Theological Highlights | |
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| Reading Revelation as Canonical Scripture | |
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| Group Origins and Social Background | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |