The Combat Myth in the Book of Revelation (Harvard Dissertations in Religion)

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 14
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
The Epistolary Framework......Page 20
The Recapitulation Theory......Page 23
Literary Unity without Recapitulation......Page 24
The Revival of the Recapitulation Theory......Page 26
The Overall Plan of the Book......Page 28
The Technique of Interlocking......Page 31
The Two Scrolls as an Organizing Principle......Page 34
The Commission of the Seer......Page 35
The Two Scrolls......Page 36
b. Sealed Writings......Page 37
c. Heavenly Books......Page 39
d. Relation of Content of Scroll to Visions......Page 40
a. The Content of the Little Scroll......Page 41
b. The Placement of Ch. 10......Page 42
c. The Unity of Chs. 12-22......Page 43
Summary......Page 46
Recapitulation in the Book of Revelation......Page 47
a. The Seven Seals......Page 48
b. The Seven Trumpets......Page 49
c. The First Unnumbered Series......Page 52
d. The Seven Bowls......Page 53
e. The Second Unnumbered Series......Page 54
Recapitulation in the Two Cycles......Page 55
Why Recapitulation?......Page 58
Notes to Chapter I......Page 60
CHAPTER II. THE COMBAT MYTH IN REVELATION 12......Page 72
The Pattern of the Combat Myth and Revelation 12......Page 74
Ugaritic Parallels......Page 76
Egyptian Parallels......Page 77
Greek Parallels......Page 78
Revelation 12......Page 80
Other Recently Proposed Parallels......Page 82
Conclusion......Page 85
The Ephesian Artemis......Page 86
Atargatis......Page 87
Isis......Page 88
Conclusion......Page 90
Old Testament Parallels......Page 91
Accadian Parallels......Page 92
Greek Parallels......Page 93
The Battle in Heaven......Page 94
Hittite Myths......Page 95
Israelite-Jewish Myths......Page 96
Summary......Page 98
Notes to Chapter II......Page 102
Literary Indications of the Use of Sources......Page 116
Stylistic Indications of the Use of Sources......Page 118
Indications of the Use of Sources in the Content of Ch. 12......Page 119
The Relationship of the Two Narratives......Page 122
The Original Language of the Sources......Page 123
Redactional Elements in Revelation 12......Page 124
The Hymn as a Redactional Composition......Page 127
Conclusion......Page 129
The Function of the Combat Myth in Source I......Page 131
The Traditional Function of the Dragon......Page 132
The Associations of the Desert......Page 135
Revelation 12 as Allegorical Narrative......Page 137
Implications of the Paradigmatic Narrative......Page 141
Date and Provenance of Source I......Page 142
The Function of the Combat Myth in Source II......Page 144
The Re-use of Source I......Page 145
The Re-use of Source II......Page 150
The Hymnic Composition......Page 151
The New Unity......Page 157
Notes to Chapter III......Page 162
CHAPTER IV. THE ESCHATOLOGICAL ADVERSARY......Page 172
Cosmic Dualism......Page 173
The Beast from the Sea......Page 176
The Beast from the Abyss......Page 180
The Signification of the Beasts......Page 185
The Beast as Rome......Page 187
The Beast as Nero......Page 189
The Nero Legend......Page 191
The Significance of the Nero Legend......Page 198
The Fusion of Diverse Functions......Page 201
Notes on Chapter IV......Page 206
CHAPTER V. THE PATTERN OF THE COMBAT MYTH IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION......Page 222
The Heavenly Scene and the Scroll......Page 226
The Seven Seals......Page 232
The Pattern in the Second Series of Visions......Page 233
The Pattern in the Third Series of Visions......Page 234
The Seven Bowls......Page 235
b. Combat-Victory......Page 236
c. Victory Shout......Page 237
d. Sacred Marriage......Page 238
Theophany of the Divine Warrior......Page 239
Threat and Combat-Victory......Page 240
Fertility of the Restored Order and Sacred Marriage......Page 241
Temple-Building and Salvation......Page 243
Sacred Marriage......Page 245
Revelation 12 as Paradigm of the Book of Revelation......Page 246
Notes on Chapter V......Page 250
APPENDIX......Page 260
Notes on the Appendix......Page 278
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 286