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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 | |