Poetry and Apocalypse: Theological Disclosures of Poetic Language (Cultural Memory in the Present)

POETRY AND APOCALYPSE

POETRY AND APOCALYPSE

Theological Disclosures ofPoetic Language

William Franke

STANFOR D UN I VE RSITY P RESS

STAN FO RD , CAL IF O R N IA 200 9

Stanford Un iversiry Press Stanfo rd, Californ ia

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