God and History in the Book of Revelation: New Testament Studies in Dialogue with Pannenberg and Moltmann

251 Pages·2003·0.99 MB·English

by  Michael Gilbertson

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GODANDHISTORYINTHEBOOKOFREVELATION
Thisisaninterdisciplinarystudywhichconstructsadialoguebetween
biblical interpretation and systematic theology. It examines how far
a reading of the Book of Revelation might either support or ques-
tiontheworkofleadingtheologiansWolfhartPannenbergandJu¨rgen
Moltmannonthetheologyofhistory,exploringthewayinwhichthe
authorofRevelationusesthedimensionsofspaceandtimetomake
theological points about the relationship between God and history.
The book argues that Revelation sets the present earthly experience
of the reader in the context of God’s ultimate purposes, by disclos-
inghiddendimensionsofreality,bothspatial–embracingheavenand
earth–andtemporal–extendingintotheultimatefuture.DrGilbertson
offersadetailedassessmentofthetheologiesofhistorydevelopedby
PannenbergandMoltmann,includingtheirviewsonthenatureofthe
historicalprocess,andtheuseofapocalypticideasineschatology.
michael gilbertson took his doctorate at the University of
Durham.OrdainedintheChurchofEngland,heisnowtheVicarof
StrantoninHartlepool,England.

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GOD AND HISTORY IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION

God and History in the
Book of Revelation
NewTestamentStudiesinDialoguewith
PannenbergandMoltmann
MICHAEL GILBERTSON
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