TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morales, Jon
AU  - Morales,Jon
TI  - Christ, Shepherd of the Nations:  The Nations as Narrative Character and Audience in John`s Apocalypse
SN  - 9780567689207
U1  - B70.1 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - T and T Clark
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. A better way for the Nations ..........1  The problem and the Purpose of the Present Study ......1  State of Research ............5  The church becomes the nations ......6  2. The nationas as Narrative character: Methodological Considerations.........27  Revelation as Narrative ..........27  The Nations as Narrative character...........33  3. Authority over the Nations ............45  Revelation 2: 27: A complicated Introduction ...........45  The shepherding metaphor in the Background literature ........46  4. The Nationas : Benefit and Conflict ........71  5. The Nations in Cosmic Conflict ......87  6. Deception and healing of the nations ........109  7. The nationas and their shepherd : Synthesis and Conclusions ...........137  The Nations as narrative character .............137  The nations as Audience ........153  The church as shepherd of the Nations .........157  Dualism and John`s Vision for the Nations .......160
ER  -