Archive for the ‘Eschatology’ Category

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 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 ...

Synnes, Tusenårsrike

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Synnes, Martin. "Kommer det et tusenårsrike? Joh åp 20,4-6 som akilleshæl i bibeltolkningen" i Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke 73 (2002): 3-17. I denne artikel argumenterer tidligere førsteamanuensis Martin Synnes for, at tolkningen af Åb 20,4-6 må basere sig på to præmisser. For det første Jesu genkomst i 19,11ff og for ...

Skovgaard-Petersen, Biblens Krone

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Skovgaard-Petersen, C. Biblens Krone: Hovedlinjer i Johannes' Aabenbaring. København: Lohse, 1941 (2. opl.) Denne sag på 162 sider er en populær kommentar til Johannes' Åbenbaring skrevet under eller lige op til 1. verdenskrig, hvor interessen for Johannes' Åbenbaring fik et opsving (See more on professor Fredrik Torm). Skovgaard-Petersen udvikler i denne kommentar ...

Andersen, Guds rige

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

Andersen, Ole. Når Guds rige kommer. Tusindsårsriget og den nye jord. Hinnerup: Ordet og Israel, 1995. Ole Andersen behandler afsnittet om det såkaldte tusindårsrige i Åb 20 set i lyset af sammenhængen i Åb, som han forstår den. Andersen argumenterer imod en typisk luthersk tolkning af Åb (a-millennialisme, kirkehistorisk fortolkning) og ...

Hutchison, Nature of Christ’s Comings

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Hutchison, Dennis A. "The Nature of Christ's Comings in Revelation 2-3." Th.D.-dissertation, Grace Theological Seminary, 1986. 309 pp.This unpublished thesis is primarily concerned with the analysis of the chronological aspect of Christ's coming in Revelation 2-3. Hutchison argues that the context, e.g. the rewards, strongly suggests an eschatological interpretation. This ...

Adamsen, Parousia and Paraenesis (abstract)

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Adamsen, Georg S. Parousia and Paraenesis: The Parousia Motif and Its Paraenetic Use in the Book of the Revelation. Dr.theol. thesis, Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology, Oslo (Det teologiske Menighetsfakultetet, Oslo), 2001/2002.The Norwegian Lutheran School of Theology in Oslo, Norway, (http://www.mf.no) has accepted the 369 page dissertation Parousia and ...