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    <title>Reading Revelation</title>
    <subTitle>a literary and theological commentary</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Trafton, Joseph L.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Smyth &amp; Helwys Pub.</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2005</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2005</dateIssued>
    <edition>Rev. ed.</edition>
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    <extent>xii, 224 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>John's first in the spirit experience (1:9-3:22) -- John's commission (1:9-20) -- The letters to the seven churches : an overview -- The letter to the church at Ephesus (2:1-7) -- The letter to the church at Smyrna (2:8-11) -- The letter to the church at Pergamum (2:12-17) -- The letter to the church at Thyatira (2:18-29) -- The letter to the church at Sardis (3:1-6) -- The letter to the church at Philadelpha (3:7-13) -- The letter to the church at Laodicea (3:14-22) -- John's second in the spirit experience (4:1-11:19) -- Introducing the Lamb and the great multitude (4:1-8:6) -- Meet the Lamb (4:1-5:14) -- Meet the great multitude (6:1-7:17) -- The judgment draws near (8:1-6) -- God's judgments and mankind's stubbornness (8:7-11:14) -- The plagues begin (8:7-9:21) -- The message of judgment (10:1-11:14) -- The judgment has arrived (11:15-19) -- Three signs in heaven (12:1-16:21) -- The first and second signs in heaven (12:1-13:18) -- The woman vs. the dragon (12:1-17) -- The dragon's revenge (13:1-18) -- Whom will you worship? (14:1-20) -- The third sign in heaven (15:1-16:21) -- John's third in the spirit experience (17:1-20:15) -- The judgment of Babylon 1 : the great harlot (17:1-18) -- The judgment of Babylon 2 : lamentations on earth and rejoicing in heaven -- (18:1-19:4) -- The announcement of the wedding of the Lamb (19:5-10) -- The judgment of the beast and the false prophet (19:11-21) -- The judgment of the devil (20:1-10) -- The judgment of the dead and the opening of the Lamb's Book (20:11-15) -- John's fourth in the spirit experience (21:1-22:6a) -- The announcement of the dwelling of God with His people (21:1-8) -- John's vision of the New Jerusalem (21:9-22:6a) -- Epilogue (22:6b-21)</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Joseph L. Trafton.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-224)</note>
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  <identifier type="isbn">1573122890 (pbk. : alk. paper)</identifier>
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