Jewish Temple Imagery in the Book of Revelation (1999 Briggs), book

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Jewish Temple Imagery in the Book of Revelation (1999) is a book by Robert A. Briggs.

Abstract

"The Jewish temple continues to be a topic of considerable interest among Jews and Christians alike in spite of its being absent for nearly two millennia. This book examines the temple in the book of Revelation, which is where Jewish temple motifs find their scriptural culmination. Working from a backgrounds perspective, Dr. Briggs first traces various temple themes through the Old Testament and demonstrates how they were utilized in Revelation. He then explores the concept of temple in a number of noncanonical Jewish writings, assessing the degree to which sources other than the Old Testament influenced the Apocalypse's temple symbolism."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Peter Lang, 1999 (Studies in Biblical Literature, 10).

Contents

Ch. 1. Introductory Considerations. Why a Backgrounds Investigation? The Backgrounds Sources Examined. A Preliminary Sketch of the Primary Ancient Near-Eastern Temple Ideologies. The Author of Revelation. The Date of Revelation. Toward a Backgrounds Study Methodology -- Ch. 2. The Old Testament Backgrounds of Temple in Revelation. Peripheral Temple Themes. The Temple Vision on Patmos. The Lampstand. The Pillar. The Altar and Incense. The Ark of the Covenant. The Heavenly Temple. The Eschatological Temple -- Ch. 3. The Pseudepigrapha. 1 Enoch. The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. The Apocalypse of Zephaniah. Jubilees. Sibylline Oracle 3. The Epistle of Aristeas. Eupolemus. The Lives of the Prophets -- Ch. 4. The Qumran Literature. The Florilegium. The Temple Scroll. The New Jerusalem. Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice. The War Scroll. The Community Rule. Commentaries on Habakkuk and Isaiah. The Damascus Document -- Ch. 5. The Apocrypha, Philo, and Josephus.

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