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Magical Motifs in the Book of Revelation

by Rodney Lawrence Thomas
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780567226860
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: T & T Clark International
  • Publisher Imprint: T & T Clark International
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  • Pages: 240
  • Original Price: GBP 150.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 499 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts and Biblical Studies / New Testament / General

Rodney Thomas addresses the question of whether the book of Revelation was written as an 'anti-magical' polemic and explores the concept and definition of 'magic' from both modern and first-century standpoints. Thomas presents the first century as a time dominated by belief in spiritual forces and magical activity which the author of Revelation sought to put into proper perspective.

This aim was achieved through a variety of highly creative literary techniques which Thomas examines in this book. At times it is possible to argue that unacceptable magical practices are condemned by being labelled as farmakeia. At other times such practices are carefully placed within the context of Israel's ancient enemies. In addition standard polemical material against magical practices Thomas asserts that it is also possible to identify instances where the author of Revelation wholly appropriates imagery commonly associated with 'magic' and recasts it into a new Christian context. As a result it is possible to view the magical motifs within Revelation as weighty polemic aimed against certain practices and beliefs in the first century.

Keith, Chris: - Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.

Thomas, Rodney Lawrence: -

Rodney Thomas serves as Operations Minister for the Broadway Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas. He also teaches as Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies at Lubbock Christian University, Texas, USA

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