The Miscellaneous Works of John Bunyan (|c OET |t Oxford English Texts) - Hardcover

Bunyan, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198127359 ISBN 13: 9780198127352

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1989

Synopsis

These treatises, written in the year of Bunyan's death, 1688, are edited from the first editions: one of which was published in his lifetime, the others posthumously. Variations in the traditional typological method of biblical interpretation, they concentrate on Old Testament events as prophecies that eventually found fulfillment in the New Testament. Solomon's Temple, his House of the Forest of Lebanon, and the water flowing from beneath the altar of the Temple, help to demonstrate how these are all shadows of the true reality to come in the life and faith of Christ. In a wider context, the book provides examples of another kind of "similitude"--the creative techniques by which Bunyan sought to capture the imagination, and which encompasses simile, metaphor, emblem, symbol, analogy, and above all, allegory.

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Review:

'Many of the introductions to the volumes of The Miscellaneous Works draw out the parallels between the major writings and the various religious tracts. The Bunyan of The Miscellaneous Works is very much a preacher and theologian. As a result of such work on Bunyan's sectarian milieu, Bunyan's relation to his context is coming into ever sharper focus. These beautifully bound and meticulously edited volumes are positive encouragements to the reader. It would be difficult to overpraise them.' Religious Studies Review, Volume 19, Number 1/January 1993 'lucidly introduced and pertinently annotated edition' N.H. Keeble, University of Stirling, Notes and Queries, March 1991

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0198127359
• ISBN 13: 9780198127352
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Midgeley Graham, Sharrock Roger