Archive for the ‘Symbolism’ Category
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Metaphors and Revelation 12-13
Alan Brady over at Café Apocalypsis has a nice summary of parts of Dr. Ian Paul's article "" in Studies in the Book of Revelation, ed. S. Moyse (see here) and some methodological reflections on the interpretation of metaphors.
Ian Paul's essay is based on his Ph.D.-dissertation, "The ...
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Monday, January 7th, 2008
http://www.apokaliptikum.lap.huThis quite extensive resource collection is compiled by Dr. Hubbes Laszlo.Although it is in the Hungarian language, some headlines are translated, and it is certainly possible to find quite a number of useful resources, even if you do not know Hungarian. As the sample shows. As Dr. Laszlo informed me, ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Beale, Gregory K. John's Use of the Old Testament in Revelation. Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, no. 166. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999. 443 pp.A standard-setting study published in the early 1999. The volume includes the following chapters that, for some parts, are reprints or ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
Caird, George Bradford: The Revelation of St. John the Divine. (BNTC). London, 1966 (1st ed.) and 1984 (2nd ed.). Reprint, Hendrickson Publishers, 1993. 336 pp.Caird was heavily influenced by the work of Farrer, but emphasized the influence of myth, apocalyptic and the history of the Roman Empire as well. This ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
Hendriksen, William. More Than Conquerors. 1940. Reprint. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1997.Among the many issues that Hendriksen discusses in his 40+ page introduction, is the composition of Revelation. As regards the relations between the text and what it narrates, Hendriksen argues in favour of the recapitulationist view of ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
The issue of symbolism in Revelation is one of the most complicated problems. It is often stated that consistency cannot be expected in an apocalyptic writing. Furthermore, there is considerable disagreement as to whether several texts should be understood "literally" or "symbolic". Moreover, the proper context of the various symbols ...
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Saturday, August 25th, 2007
Paulien, Jon. Decoding Revelation’s Trumpets: Literary Allusions and Interpretations of Revelation 8:7-12. (Andrews University Seminary Doctoral Dissertation Series 11). Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1988.This is the published edition of Paulien's doctoral dissertation. Paulien has also written an article, "Elusive Allusions," that extracts important methodological guidelines from his thesis.
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