Apocalypse

Jacques Ellul, Jacob Marques Rollison

ISBN 10: 1532684460 / ISBN 13: 9781532684463

Published by Wipf and Stock Publishers, US, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Apocalypse
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers, US
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532684460
• ISBN 13: 9781532684463
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 13.97W x 1.75H x 21.59D centimeters 13.97 centimeters width by 1.75 centimeters height by 21.59 centimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams

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Synopsis

""There has never been a book provoking more delirium, foolishness and irrational movements, without any relationship to Jesus Christ [than the Book of Revelation]."" - Jacques Ellul, Introduction Known for his trenchant critique of modernity and of those Christians who celebrate their captivity to it, Ellul here cuts to the heart of the theological intention of the Book of Revelation, and thereby reveals the liberating gospel in all its offensiveness. Neither an exhaustive commentary nor a work of historical-exegetical analysis, Apocalypse is a provocative, independent interpretation. Ellul seeks to rescue Revelation from the reassuring and orthodox banality to which commentators often reduce it. The goal is to perceive the totality of the book in its movement and structure. ""Architecture in movement"" is the key to understanding Revelation's puzzling but simple message. This edition also comes with a new foreword by Jacob Marques Rollison who provides an essential aid for guiding readers through Ellul's thorough engagement with Revelation.

About the Author

Jacques Ellul (1912-94) was a French law professor, social theorist, and lay theologian, teaching at the University of Bordeaux, France. Among his 58 published books, his best-known works include The Technological Society, Propaganda, The Humiliation of the Word, and Hope in Time of Abandonment.