The Unsealed Bible, Or, Revelation Revealed
The Unsealed Bible, Or, Revelation Revealed

Author: George Chainey

Publisher:

Published: 1902

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13:

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The Unsealed Bible is the first volume of George Chainey's projected 30-volume series, which was never finished. This occult-metaphysical commentary on the scriptures was published in 1902, after he founded the Mahanaim School of Interpretation around 1900 in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to founding the school, Chainey (b. 1851) had a long ministerial career first as a Methodist, and after 1877, as a Unitarian. He spent much of the 1880s touring the world as an independent author and lecturer on religion and mysticism. He settled in Chicago during the 1890s and devoted himself to writing an interpretation of the Bible.

Revelation Unsealed
Revelation Unsealed

Author: James L. Resseguie

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-11

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 900449748X

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This narrative commentary systematically examines John's Apocalypse from a narrative critical perspective. After an introduction to narrative criticism, the volume focuses on point of view, setting, rhetoric, character, and plot in the Book of Revelation. The rhetorical and symbolic significance of numerals are discussed at length as are the multifaceted characters in the book such as demonic animals (locust, beasts, dragon, birds) and apocalyptic animals (lamb, four living creatures). The symbolic significance of topographical, architectural, agricultural, and other settings is emphasized. The final chapter of the book is a summary of some of the major theological themes of Revelation. The volume provides a useful methodology for the study of a much disputed book of the Bible.