Interpreting Revelation - Hardcover

Tenney

 
9781565636552: Interpreting Revelation

Synopsis

Interpreting Revelation is a sane, thorough, scholarly, and sensible approach to studying and understanding the book of Revelation. It provides the reader with clear insights into the various methods of interpreting this last book of the Bible.

No matter what approach you take to the book of Revelation—futurist or preterist, premillennial or amillennial—you will find enlightenment as you have opportunity to peruse a variety of other approaches to understanding this somewhat mysterious apocalyptic book.

The book is divided into the following sections:
• The Background of Revelation
• The Theme, Structure, and Introduction to Revelation
• Vision 1—The Seven Churches of Revelation
• Vision 2—The Process of World Judgment
• Vision 3—The Climax of Judgment
• Vision 4—The Eternal City
• The Old Testament Background of Revelation
• The Christology of Revelation
• The Chronological Approach
• The Eschatological Approach
• The Terminology and Symbolism of Revelation
• The Meaning of Revelation for this Present Age

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About the Author

Merrill C. Tenney fue profesor de estudios teologicos y decano de la Escuela Graduada de Teologia en el Wheaton College, donde dio clases desde 1944 hasta 1982. Ademas de ensenar Nuevo Testamento y Griego, fue el editor general de la obra Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary, trabajo en el equipo original de traductores de la Biblia New American Standard y escribio varios libros. Tenney era defensor del fundamentalismo, y fue el segundo presidente de la Sociedad Teologica Evangelica. Nacio en Massachusetts e hizo sus estudios en el Nyack Missionary Training Institute, el Gordon College of Theology and Missions, la Universidad de Boston y la Universidad de Harvard. El y su esposa Helen tuvieron dos hijos varones.

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