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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc In art |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ian Boxall |
ISBN: | 9780199674206 0199674205 |
OCLC Number: | 820779253 |
Notes: | Revision of the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Oxford, 2011. |
Description: | xi, 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 'I was on the island called Patmos' : re-reading Rev. 1:9 -- Patmos in early patristic tradition (2nd-5th centuries) -- Patmos in early medieval Latin tradition (6th-10th centuries) -- Patmos in later medieval Latin tradition (1000-1516) -- Patmos in Eastern traditions from the 5th century -- Patmos in Western interpreters from 1517 -- Visual interpretations of Patmos -- Hermeneutical reflections. |
Series Title: | Oxford theology and religion monographs. |
Responsibility: | Ian Boxall. |
Abstract:
This monograph explores the significance accorded to John's island of Patmos (Rev. 1:9) within the wider reception history of the Apocalypse. Ian Boxall brings together for the first time in a coherent narrative a wide range of interpretations of Patmos, reflecting different chronological periods, cultural contexts, and Christian traditions.
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Boxall's remarkable achievement is to have shown how to read an apparently theologically unpromising text in such a way as to demonstrate its powerful contribution to the Christian conversation about its sources of truth and understanding. And to have done so in a way which is elegant, which carries its learning lightly and which has produces a book which is a joy to read. * John Riches, The Expository Times * Read more...
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