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Today’s free book is Professor Christopher Rowland’s Epworth Commentary on the book of the Revelation. This book was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library<\/a>. Christopher Rowland is Emeritus Dean Ireland’s Professor of Exegesis of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford. My thanks to Professor Rowland for his kind permission to host this in-copyright title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Rowland, Revelation<\/em>. Epworth Commentaries. Peterborough: Epworth Press, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0716204932. pp.166. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • General Introduction<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Preface<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Introduction\n
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    • How do we read biblical texts?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • What is my\/our story?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The world of Revelation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The world of apocalyptic<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • What sort of book is Revelation?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The structure of the Apocalypse<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • How our Christian brothers and sisters have interpreted the text<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Reading Revelation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Dealing with apocalyptic symbols<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Constrained by Christ: Can we read Revelation in any way we like?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Revelation and certainty<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Light and darkness: the importance of Revelation’s view of the world<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The Gospel of John, Daniel and Revelation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Commentary\n
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      • 1 The Revelation of the Risen Christ<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 2-3 The letters to the angels of the seven churches
        Contrasting characteristics in the messages to the churches<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 4 The praises of God<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 5 The Lamb who was slain<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 6 Manifestations of judgement
        Trying to make sense of terror and turmoil
        Taking God’s wrath seriously<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 7 Deliverance for the people of God<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 8-9 The natural world becomes a series of nightmares<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 10-11 The death and vindication of the two prophetic witnesses<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 12 The dragon pursues his quarry
        Acknowledging and dealing with our feelings of threat<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 13 The apparent triumph of evil
        Idolatry<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 14-15 The followers of the Lamb and of the Beast<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 16 The last seven plagues: the bowls of God’s wrath<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 17 ‘This calls for a mind with insight’
        Towards a political theology on the basis of Revelation 13 and 17
        The character of the State
        Economic matters
        The church in the world
        Distinctions of political judgement
        Non-conformity and nationalism
        Compromise and conviction
        Reading the signs of the times<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 18.1-19.10 Lament for Babylon<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 19.11-21 The judgement of the Word of God<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 20 The triumph of righteousness<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 20.1-22.5 A new heaven and a new earth<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 22.6-21 Take these words to heart!<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Epilogue<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Select bibliography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n