God and History in the Book of Revelation: New Testament Studies in Dialogue with Pannenberg and Moltmann

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 13
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 14
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 15
1.1 Introduction......Page 17
1.2 The challenge of Ernst Troeltsch......Page 18
1.3 Rudolf Bultmann: a dualistic response......Page 21
1.4 Wolfhart Pannenberg: a unitive response......Page 27
1.5 Jürgen Moltmann: radical eschatology......Page 32
1.6 Conclusion......Page 35
2.1 Introduction......Page 36
The ‘two-stage’ model of biblical interpretation......Page 37
The limitations of biblical theology......Page 40
The limitations of systematic theology......Page 42
A critique of the two-stage model......Page 44
David Kelsey and the functional view of scripture......Page 48
George Lindbeck and the cultural-linguistic view of doctrine......Page 52
Alister McGrath and the importance of content......Page 57
2.4 Conclusions......Page 59
3.2 Revelation as the key to history?......Page 61
Preterist interpretations......Page 62
Philosophy of history......Page 63
Salvation history......Page 65
Orientation to the present......Page 68
Conclusion......Page 72
The text in context......Page 73
The symbolic world of the text......Page 77
Revelation as the enactment of myth: John Gager......Page 79
Revelation as catharsis: Adela Yarbro Collins......Page 80
Critiques of Lévi-Strauss and functionalism......Page 81
Revelation and reality: a further debate......Page 85
3.4 The genre of the Book of Revelation......Page 88
Jewish apocalyptic......Page 89
Defining the genre of ‘apocalypse’......Page 91
Is the Apocalypse a prophecy?......Page 92
3.5 Conclusions......Page 95
4.1 The spatial setting of the text......Page 97
Movement from earth to heaven: the revelation of heavenly secrets......Page 99
Movement from heaven to earth: the execution of divine action......Page 100
Introduction......Page 101
Patmos and divine epiphany (1:1–20)......Page 103
The messages to the seven churches: earthly realities in heavenly perspective (2:1–3:22)......Page 105
Revelation of the heavenly perspective (4:1–11)......Page 108
The Lamb: the possibility of earthward manifestation of heavenly reality (5:1–14)......Page 110
The outworking of divine initiative on earth (1) (6:1–9:21)......Page 112
The scroll brought down from heaven (10:1–11)......Page 115
The witness of the church on earth (11:1–13:18)......Page 116
Spatial ambiguity and expectation (14:1–20)......Page 118
The outworking of divine initiative on earth (2) (15:1–19:10)......Page 119
The outworking of divine initiative on earth (3) (19:11–20:15)......Page 121
The resolution of spatial dissonance......Page 122
The intensification of spatial dissonance......Page 124
5.1 Introduction......Page 125
Temporal categories......Page 126
Expressing the penultimate future......Page 127
Activity across temporal boundaries......Page 130
Patmos and divine epiphany (1:1–20)......Page 131
The messages to the seven churches: present realities in ultimate perspective (2:1–3:22)......Page 135
The revelation of the heavenly perspective (4:1–11)......Page 138
The Lamb: the possibility of divine intervention in human history (5:1–14)......Page 139
The outworking of divine initiative in earthly history (1) (6:1–9:21)......Page 141
The scroll brought down from heaven (10:1–11)......Page 144
The witness of the church on earth (11:1–13:18)......Page 145
The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion (14:1–20)......Page 147
The outworking of divine initiative in earthly history (2) (15:1–19:10)......Page 148
The outworking of divine initiative in earthly history (3) (19:11–20:15)......Page 150
The New Jerusalem and the epilogue (21:1–22:21)......Page 152
The resolution of temporal dissonance......Page 153
The intensification of temporal dissonance......Page 154
5.4 Conclusions......Page 156
6.1 Introduction......Page 159
The proposals of the ‘Pannenberg circle’......Page 161
Critiques of Pannenberg’s position......Page 162
A defence of Pannenberg’s position......Page 163
Reflections in the light of the Book of Revelation......Page 167
Pannenberg’s position......Page 170
An influential alternative: Van Harvey......Page 173
Other critiques of Pannenberg......Page 175
Reflections in the light of the Book of Revelation......Page 177
Universal history......Page 180
Openness or determinism? Moltmann’s challenge to Pannenberg......Page 182
Reflections in the light of the Book of Revelation......Page 186
Retroaction and anticipation......Page 187
Reflections in the light of the Book of Revelation......Page 190
Moltmann’s reinterpretation of apocalyptic cosmology......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 194
Pannenberg: proleptic revelation in Christ......Page 195
Moltmann: the Christ event as anticipation and contradiction......Page 198
Reflections in the light of the Book of Revelation......Page 201
Pannenberg: consummation as completion......Page 202
Moltmann: consummation as radical transformation......Page 204
Reflections in the light of the Book of Revelation......Page 206
Provisionality......Page 209
The ultimacy of divine justice......Page 211
6.7 Conclusions......Page 215
7 CONCLUSIONS......Page 217
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 224
INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED......Page 240
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS......Page 246
INDEX OF SUBJECTS......Page 249