New heaven and new earth - prophecy and the millennium: essays in honour of Anthony Gelston

Preliminary material /P. J. Harland and C. T. R. Hayward -- On Learning to be a True Prophet: The Story of Balaam and his Ass /R. W. L. Moberly -- Balaam's Prophecies as Interpreted by Philo and the Aramaic Targums of the Pentateuch /C.T.R. Hayward -- The Future in the Book of Chronicles /P. B....

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Contributors: Harland, Peter J. (Editor) ; Hayward, Robert 1948- (Editor) ; Gelston, Anthony 1935- (Honoree)
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Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Köln Brill 1999
In: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum (77)
Year: 1999
Series/Journal:Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 77
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Prophecy / Apocalypticism
B Gelston, Anthony 1935-
Further subjects:B Bible Prophecies
B Millennialism
B Festschrift
B Gelston, Anthony 1935-
B Bibliography
B Bible Prophecies
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Summary:Preliminary material /P. J. Harland and C. T. R. Hayward -- On Learning to be a True Prophet: The Story of Balaam and his Ass /R. W. L. Moberly -- Balaam's Prophecies as Interpreted by Philo and the Aramaic Targums of the Pentateuch /C.T.R. Hayward -- The Future in the Book of Chronicles /P. B. Dirksen -- I Know that my Redeemer Liveth /J. Gibson -- The Shape of the Psalter: An Eschatological Dimension? /M. A. Vincent -- The Wolf Shall Live With the Lamb: Reading Isaiah 11 :6-9 Today /R.E. Clements -- Gnats, Glosses and Eternity: Isaiah 51:6 Reconsidered /H.G.M. Williamson -- A Land Full of Violence: The Value of Human Life in the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel /P. J. Harland -- Three Christian Commentators on Hosea /Graham Davies -- Whose Words? Qoheleth, Hosea and Attribution in Biblical Literature /Stuart Weeks -- The Social Background of the Book of Malachi /J.W. Rogerson -- Apocalyptic, Revelation and Early Jewish Wisdom Literature /James K. Aitken -- Judith, Tobit, Ahiqar and History /Alan Millard -- \'Death is Swallowed Up in Victory\' (1 Corinthians 15:54): Canaanite Mot in Prophecy and Apocalypse /J. F. Healey -- Enthronement and Apotheosis: The Vision in Revelation 4-5 /Margaret Barker -- Of Wars and Rumours of Peace: Apocalyptic Material in Aphrahat and Šubḥalmaran /D. J. Lane -- The \'Demonstration on Love\' by Aphrahat The Sage: A Translation With Introduction /L. Stuckenbruck -- The Three Jewish Children at Berlin: Cotton Mather's Obsession /Linda Munk -- George Stanley Faber: No Popery and Prophecy /S. W. Gilley -- Appreciation of the Reverend Dr. A. Gelston /P. J. Harland and C. T. R. Hayward -- Publications of Anthony Gelston /P. J. Harland and C. T. R. Hayward -- Index of Sources /P. J. Harland and C. T. R. Hayward.
This volume is a collection of essays on prophecy and apocalyptic, and is compiled in honour of Anthony Gelston. The theme has been chosen to coincide with the dawn of the new millennium in the year 2000. The essays examine the following: Balaam's oracles in Numbers, Philo and the Aramaic Targums; the future in the Books of Chronicles; Job 19:25; the shape of the Psalter; Isaiah 11:6-9; Isaiah 51:6; the value of human life in Ezekiel; Calvin, Pusey and Robertson Smith's commentaries on Hosea; Qoheleth, Hosea and attribution in biblical literature; the social background of Malachi; apocalyptic and early Jewish wisdom literature; Judith, Tobit, Ahiqar and History; 1 Corinthians 15:54; Revelation 4-5; the writings of Aphrahat, Šubḥalmaran, George Stanley Faber and Cotton Mather
Item Description:Bibliogr. A. Gelston S. [307] - 309
ISBN:9004276025
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Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004276024