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Choices – The Use of Textual Authorities in the Revelation of John 选择-约翰启示录中经文权威的运用

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-011

G. Beale, Jay Casey

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The Multiple Uses of an Enemy: Gog, Magog and the “Two-Horned One” 敌人的多重用途:高革、玛各和“双角兽”

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-032

J. Heiss

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Notes on Contributors, volume 2 投稿人说明，第2卷

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-002

R. Penn

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The Portents of the Hour: Eschatology and Empire in the Early Islamic Tradition 时辰的预兆:早期伊斯兰传统中的末世论和帝国

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-017

Stephen P. Shoemaker

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History beyond the Ken: Towards a Critical Historiography of Apocalyptic Politics with Jacob Taubes and Michel Foucault 肯之外的历史:与雅各布·陶布斯和米歇尔·福柯共同探讨启示录政治的批判史学

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-038

Jacob Taubes

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Frontmatter

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-fm

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Treasure Texts on the Age of Decline: Prophecies Concerning the Hidden Land of Yolmo, their Reception and Impact 衰落时代的宝藏文本:关于约莫隐秘之地的预言及其接受与影响

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-020

Zsóka Gelle

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Space and Power in Byzantine Accounts of the Aerial Tollhouses 空中收费站的拜占庭叙述中的空间与权力

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-030

Eirini Afentoulidou

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“When the Sun is Shrouded in Darkness and the Stars are Dimmed” (Qurʾan 81:1–2). Imagery, Rhetoric and Doctrinal Instruction in Muslim Apocalyptic Literature “当太阳笼罩在黑暗中，星星暗淡无光”(古兰经81:1-2)。穆斯林启示录文学中的意象、修辞与教义指导

Cultures of Eschatology Pub Date : 2020-07-20 DOI: 10.1515/9783110597745-007

S. Günther

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