Archive for the ‘Introductions on topics’ Category

Remarks on reviews

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Revelation Reviews (ISSN 1397-2936) was published in 1997-1998.It was edited by cand.theol. Georg S. Adamsen (then at the Lutheran School of Theology in Aarhus) and dr. John W. Marshall (then at the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto).It was an e-journal featuring reviews of scholarly books and ...

Remarks on persecutions and the imperial cult

Monday, August 27th, 2007

This topic deals with works who treat the themes of persecutions and the imperial cult with or without reference to Revelation.Although some scholars have uttered their disagreement, until recently few Revelation scholars have doubted that there were imperially initiated severe persecutions in Asia which was the primary reason for Revelation.Now, ...

Remarks on Asia Minor

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Ancient Asia Minor naturally attracts the attention of the student of Revelation, as it mentions seven cities. The topic Asia Minor deals with various aspects, including its history, archaeology, sociology and geography. The topic of persecutions and imperial cult have their own topics or categories.

Remarks on eschatology

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Eschatology – the teaching on the Second coming of Christ, the temporary state of the dead (cf. Hill, Regnum caelorum), the resurrection of the dead, and the Last Judgment – plays a major role in the interpretation of Revelation, either positively as a specific and usually central topic ...

Remarks on ecclesiology

Monday, August 27th, 2007

The topic Revelation and Ecclesiology deals with the theological discussions and definitions of the church, her organisation and her responsible leaders (pastor and/or bishops), and the vocabulary and concepts used.

Remarks on the ‘thousand-year’ problem

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Introduction The interpretation of the 'thousand-year' text in Revelation 20:1-10 (more precisely in verses 2-7) has lead to a flood of literature on this topic. The various views exist in many different versions, and there is hardly two substantial works that agree on all aspects. This 'thousand-year' problem is part of ...

Remarks on Christology

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Revelation uses many Christological titles, such as 'Christ' and 'one like a son of man'. Revelation also describes Christ in a number of ways that scholars have tried to isolate, describe and determine the background of.My own position is that the titles and imagery employed have their origins in the ...