The Moral Apocalypse The Book of Revelation
I. General
Linear Time and Cyclical Time
Teleology: History with a Purpose
The End and the Rest
Crisis: Hopes and Fears
II. Origins:
Jewish
Origins:
Prophecy
History
Major Features
History
Present and Future
Unity
Messiah
Images and Symbols
Judgment: Individual and National
The
Some Examples: Ezekiel; Zechariah: The Four Horsemen
Other Sources
Non-Jewish
Origins:
Hellenism: Greco-Roman Philosophy
Zoroastrianism
Other Sources
III. The Rise of Apocalyptic:
Apocalypticism in the
The Maccabean Revolution
Jewish Apocalyptic Literature: Canonical and Apocryphal
Major Features
History and Beyond: Two Worlds
Imminence
Dualism
Messiah
Images and Symbols
Judgment: Individual and Universal
The
Some Examples: Daniel; Apocrypha
IV. Revelation:
Christian Apocalypse
Form:
Two Ecstasies
Numerical Structure
First Ecstasy
Second Ecstasy: The Dream Vision
Septenaries and Binaries
Content:
Motifs:
Numbers
Colours
Animals
Figures:
Horsemen
Messiah
Women
Objects: Scrolls, Crowns, Lamps
Disasters: Natural and Unnatural
Events:
Heavenly Tour
Visions, Auditions, and Dialogues
The Last Judgment
Function: To whom is it addressed?
Saints: Consolation
Sinners: Condemnation
All: The Cautionary Tale