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Apocalypse, controversies and meaning in Western history, Craig R. Koester

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Apocalypse, controversies and meaning in Western history, Craig R. Koester

Language

eng

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libretto or text

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Course guidebook Includes bibliographical references

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Literary text for sound recordings

lectures speeches

Main title

Apocalypse

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Oclc number

775801107

Responsibility statement

Craig R. Koester

Series statement

The great courses

Sub title

controversies and meaning in Western history

Summary

Professor, Craig R. Koester, Luther Seminary, delivers twenty-four lectures on the Apocalypse or book of Revelation

Table Of Contents

Volume 1. Disc 1. Revelation and the Apocalyptic tradition ; Apocalyptic worldview in Judaism -- Disc 2. Apocalyptic dimension of early Christianity ; Origins of the Book of Revelation -- Disc 3. Issues facing Revelation's first readers ; God, the Lamb, and the Seven Seals -- Disc 4. Seven trumpets, temple, and celebration ; The dragon and the problem of evil -- Disc 5. The beasts and evil in the political sphere ; The harlot and the imperial economy -- Disc 6. The battle, the kingdom, and last judgment ; New creation and new JerusalemVolume 2. Disc 7. Antichrist and the millennium ; Revelation's place in the Christian Bible -- Disc 8. The apocalypse and spiritual life ; The key to the meaning of history -- Disc 9. Apocalyptic fervor in the late Middle Ages ; Luther, Radicals, and Roman Catholics -- Disc 10. Revelation takes musical form ; Revelation in African American culture -- Disc 11. The Apocalypse and social progress ; Awaiting the end in 1844 and beyond -- Disc 12. Rapture, Tribulation, and Armageddon ; The modern apocalyptic renaissance

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