UID:
almafu_9961143912102883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 226 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-009-29738-4
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1-009-29736-8
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1-009-29739-2
Content:
Studies of the Apocalypse have long neglected the royal and messianic dimensions of its portrait of the Lamb. In this volume, Justin P. Jeffcoat Schedtler offers new insights on this topic, arguing that royal and messianic ideologies and discourses are not merely evident in the book of Revelation but also constitute one of its primary organizing principles. Moreover, they shape Revelation's Christology. Schedtler explores ideologies of kingship in the ancient Greek and Roman world, as well as Second Temple Judaism. Making previously unexplored connections in Revelations' ideological portrait of the Lamb, he shows that the portrayal of Jesus as God's chosen viceregent, offers new insights into several of the central Christological tenets in the text. They include the Lamb's reception of the scroll to rule on God's behalf, his place on a heavenly throne, the many benefactions he offers to those who remain faithful to him, and the hymnic praise he receives in response.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jun 2023).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Royal and Messianic Discourses in Revelation's Christology -- A Brief History of Neglecting the Messianic Aspects of Revelation's Christology -- Steps toward a Royal and Messianic Christology: The Postwar Turn -- 1 The Divine Election of the Messianic Lamb -- Introduction -- Divine Election of Kings in the Greek and Roman World -- From Homer to the Hellenistic Kings -- Roman Ideologies of Divine Election -- Divine Election of Messiahs in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism -- Divine Election of Israel's First Kings -- Divine Election of Subsequent Messianic Figures -- Divine Election of the Messianic King in Early Christianity -- Jesus as the Chosen Messiah -- Revelation's Lamb as God's Chosen Messiah: Christological Titles -- Revelation's Lamb as God's Chosen Messiah: The Reception of the Scroll -- 2 The Theology of Victory of the Slaughtered Lamb -- Introduction -- The Theology of Victory in the Greek and Roman World -- Classical Greece: The Strong Rule the Weak -- Alexander and the Hellenistic Kings -- Victory in Republican and Imperial Rome -- Theologies of Victory in Christian Rome -- The Theology of Victory in Israelite and Jewish Traditions -- Israel's First Kings -- The Decline of the Theology of Victory in Early Judaism -- The Theology of Victory in Early Christianity -- Jesus' Death as a Paradoxical Appropriation of the Theology of Victory -- The Slaughtered Lamb Is King: The Subversion of the Theology of Victory -- 3 The Lamb on the Divine Throne -- Introduction -- Throne-Sharing in Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds -- Kings Sharing the Divine Throne -- Throne-Sharing in Early Judaism -- Thrones Earthly and Heavenly -- The Messiah upon the Divine Throne -- The Lamb: Messianic Throne-Sharer.
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"Sit at My Right Hand!" in Early Christianity -- The Lamb's Heavenly Throne -- The Throne of the Beast -- 4 The Lamb as Royal Benefactor -- Introduction -- Personal Patronage -- Gift-Exchange and Reciprocity in the Greek and Roman World -- Civic Benefaction -- Civic Benefactors in the Greek and Roman World -- Second Temple Jewish Leaders as Benefactors -- Honors-for-Benefactions -- Divine Patrons -- Gods as Benefactors -- Divine Honors for Divine Benefactions -- Royal Patronage and Benefaction -- Kings as Benefactors -- Divine Honors for Royal Benefactions -- Loyalty of Patron/Benefactor and Client -- Sacred Obligations of Patron/Benefactor and Client -- Loyalty to God Alone in Closed Benefaction Systems -- The Lamb as Royal Benefactor -- Revelation's Hymns as Signals of Benefaction Ideologies -- The Lamb as God's Only Broker of Divine Benefactions -- 5 Praising God's Chosen King -- Introduction -- Divine Hymns for Kings -- Hymns in the Ancient World -- Hymning Kings "as to a God" in the Greek and Roman Worlds -- Hymns to Kings in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism -- Divine Praise of the King alongside the Gods -- Praising the King amongst the Gods in the Greek and Roman World -- Praising the King alongside God in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism -- Praise of the King in Terms Used to Praise the Gods -- Praising the King as a God in the Greek and Roman World -- Praising the King as a God in the Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism -- Revelation's Christological Hymns -- The Lamb is Praised alongside God and in Terms Used for God -- The Lamb Alone Is Worthy of Divine Honors -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-009-29740-6
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009297394
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