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Revelation’s Hymns: Commentary on the Cosmic Conflict is unavailable, but you can change that!

Revelation’s Hymns examines the hymnic pericopes in Revelation in light of the cosmic conflict theme. It considers this theme as integral to the development of Revelation’s plot. Recognizing that critical studies give interpretative primacy to the political realities that existed at the time of Revelation’s composition, Grabiner responds to the need for an examination of the storyline from the...

by allowing the war in heaven motif2 to have a dominant role in interpretation, the understanding of Revelation’s plot is enhanced and the hymnic sections are seen to make a meaningful contribution to such a reading. It is part of the purpose of this study to show that heavenly temple, which contains the throne room, has a controlling influence on the narrative. It is from the throne room that the cosmic conflict began and from which the heavenly songs originate. Their refrains are reflective of
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