The Paschal Liturgy and the Apocalypse By Massey H. Shepherd A survey of the development of the Paschal rites of the ancient Church, from apostolic times to the end of the age of persecution, as a background and context for understanding the outline and basic theme of Revelation. ISBN-13: 9780227170052 Specifications: 216x140mm, 100pp, Paperback Price: £17.50 • US$37.50 Publication: June 2004 Order this Title Now

About this Book

Christian interpreters in all ages have sought a clue to the New Testament Book of Revelation. In this study, Massey H. Shepherd offers a new approach to the basic structure of the Book. He surveys the development of Paschal rites and customs of the ancient Church, from apostolic times to the end of the age of persecution, as a background and context for understanding the outline and basic theme of Revelation. Fresh perspectives are opened to students of New Testament and early Christian literature, the liturgy and piety of the primitive Church, and the origins of the Christian Year.

About the Author

Dr. Massey Shepherd was Professor of Liturgics at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, and Director of the (summer) Graduate School of Theology at the University of the South Sewanee, Tennessee. He was a member of the Standing Liturgical Commission of the General Convention of the American Episcopal Church, and of the Commission on Ways of Worship of the World Council of Churches; a past President of the American Society of Church History; a Councillor of the Mediaeval Academy of America; a former Associate in Council of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis; and a member of the editorial board of the Anglican Theological Review.