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The rapture exposed : the message of hope in the book of Revelation / Barbara R. Rossing.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, 2005Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xviii, 222 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0813343143 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 236.9
LOC classification:
  • BT887 .R68 2005
Contents:
The destructive racket of Rapture -- The invention of the Rapture -- The Rapture script for the Middle East -- Prophecy and apocalypse -- The journey begins : Rome's worship of victory -- Lamb power -- Nonviolence : conquering in Revelation -- The Exodus story in Revelation -- Hijacking the Lamb : addiction to wrath and war -- Rapture in reverse : God's vision for renewing the world -- The journey outward : homecoming to the world -- Epilogue: Debunking the Rapture by verse.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BT887 .R68 2005 Available 31794002770221

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-207) and index.

"Reader discussion guide": p. 187-196.

The destructive racket of Rapture -- The invention of the Rapture -- The Rapture script for the Middle East -- Prophecy and apocalypse -- The journey begins : Rome's worship of victory -- Lamb power -- Nonviolence : conquering in Revelation -- The Exodus story in Revelation -- Hijacking the Lamb : addiction to wrath and war -- Rapture in reverse : God's vision for renewing the world -- The journey outward : homecoming to the world -- Epilogue: Debunking the Rapture by verse.

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