Background
Thompson, Leonard LeRoy was born on September 24, 1934 in LaFontaine, Indiana, United States. Son of Russell Charles and Ruth Alice (Dyson) T. Bachelor, DePauw University, 1956.
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The Book of Revelation: Apocalypse and Empire
(About seventy years after the death of Jesus, John of Pat...)
About seventy years after the death of Jesus, John of Patmos sent visionary messages to Christians in seven cities of western Asia Minor. These messages would eventually become part of the New Testament canon, as The Book of Revelation. What was John's message? What was its literary form? Did he write to a persecuted minority or to Christians enjoying the social and material benefits of the Roman Empire? In search of answers to these penetrating questions, Thompson critically examines the language, literature, history, and social setting of the Book of the Apocalypse. Following a discussion of the importance of the genre apocalypse, he closely analyzes the form and structure of the Revelation, its narrative and metaphoric unity, the world created through John's visions, and the social conditions of the empire in which John wrote. He offers an unprecedented interpretation of the role of boundaries in Revelation, a reassessment of the reign of the Emperor Domitian, and a view of tribulation that integrates the literary vision of Revelation with the reality of the lives of ordinary people in a Roman province. Throughout his study, Thompson argues that the language of Revelation joins the ordinary to the extra-ordinary, earth to heaven, and local conditions to supra-human processes.
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1997
Introducing Biblical Literature: A More Fantastic Country
(Shows the unified world created through myth, image, and ...)
Shows the unified world created through myth, image, and metaphor in the Bible's stories and songs, and probes the origins of biblical symbolism.
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Introducing Biblical Literature: A More Fantastic Country 1st edition by Thompson, Leonard L. (1978) Hardcover
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Leonard LeRoy Leroy Thompson
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Bachelor, DePauw University, 1956. Bachelor's Degree, Drew University, 1960. Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1968.
Career
Instructor Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1965—1966, professor religion, since 1968, dean faculty, 1988—1991. Instructor Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 1966—1968.
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Introducing Biblical Literature: A More Fantastic Country
(Shows the unified world created through myth, image, and ...)
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The Book of Revelation: Apocalypse and Empire
(About seventy years after the death of Jesus, John of Pat...)
1997 - Introducing Biblical Literature: A More Fantastic Country 1st edition by Thompson, Leonard L. (1978) Hardcover
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Introducing Biblical Literature: A More Fantastic Country
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Member of Chicago Society Biblical Research, American Academy Religion, Society Biblical Literature.
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1956
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1968
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1965 - 1966
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1966 - 1968
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1969 - 1991