Author: PEAKE, ARTHUR S. (ARTHUR SAMUEL) (1865-1929)
Title: The Revelation of John
Description: London : The Holborn Press. Holborn Hall. Clerkenwell Road. E.C. 1. [1919] 1919. First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked red cloth with gilt-stamped lettering to front board. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age with corners slightly bumped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 390 pages; Physical description.: xiv. 390 p. ; 20 cm. Notes: Publication date from preface and 'Arthur Samuel Peake : A memoir' by Leslie S. Peake. p. 17. Includes bibliographical references and index. 'List of Abbreviations': p. [ix]-xii. Contents: Part I. The problems -- The contents of the Apocalypse -- The unity of the book -- The authorship -- The date -- The historical background -- The return of Nero -- The art of the book -- Principles of interpretation -- The teaching of the book -- Part II. John in the land of Patmos -- The letters to the seven churches -- God's in his heaven -- The book with seven seals -- The breaking of the seals -- The hundred and forty-four thousand and the innumerable multitude -- The first six trumpets -- The little book. the measuring of the temple. the two witnesses -- The woman. the dragon. and the child; the war in heaven -- The beast and the false prophet -- Scenes of blessedness and judgement -- The seven bowls -- The scarlet woman and the beast with the seven heads -- The twofold judgement and the millennium -- The new Jerusalem descends to earth -- The permanent value of the book -- Appendix. Earlier denials of unity -- Index. Subject: Bible. N.T. Revelation - Criticism. interpretation. etc. Series: The nineteenth Hartley lecture. by Arthur S. Peake.Weight in Kg appr.:

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