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John’s use of Scripture in Revelation 1:7

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2007
Four questions are asked in this paper: (1) Which are the Old Testament passages from which John quotes in Revelation 1:7? (2) To what extent do the separate quotations and their combination belong to the early Christian tradition used by John? (3)
M. J.J Menken
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Violence in the Bible and the Apocalypse of John: A critical reading of J.D. Crossan’s How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
This critical reading/dialogue follows a straightforward structure. Firstly, it presents some of the major insights in J.D. Crossan’s book, attending to its inner logic on his critique on the violence which little by little creeps into the biblical texts.
Sergio Rosell Nebreda
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The interpretation of the revelatory events in John 17:24-26: An exegetical exercise

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2004
John 1:18 spells out the purpose of the incarnation of the Son of God (to make God known - ejxhgei`sqai) and functions as the transition from the prologue to the rest of the Fourth Gospel. With verse 18 the Evangelist signals that the revelation of God,
D J van der Merwe
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Boží milosrdenství v učení svatého otce Jana Pavla II

open access: yesAnalecta Cracoviensia, 2011
The mystery of the Divine Mercy appears in the teaching of John Paul II in the encyclical Dives in misericordia (1981), that is, from the very beginning of His pontificate.
Jan Machniak
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Imperativele Predaniei în câteva reprezentări iconografice ale Sfântului evanghelist Ioan cu ucenicul său, Prohor

open access: yesSwedish Journal of Romanian Studies, 2023
The Judeo-Christian culture is par excellence a logocentric culture, derived from the Word of the Creator and from the founding narrative, which, being fundamental elements for shaping this culture, is however transmitted in writing.
Laura Zăvăleanu
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The End of Islands: Drawing Insight from Revelation to Respond to Prisoner Radicalization and Apocalyptically-Oriented Terrorism

open access: yesReligions, 2019
This paper is an exploratory exercise in practical theology and interfaith engagement that probes the conceptual frameworks of insularity (Islandness) and incarceration in Revelation in order to address the related problems of prisoner radicalization and
Eric M. Trinka
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Paranetiese deparabolisering van paroesie-gelykenisse by die Sinoptici en die Openbaring aan Johannes

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 1998
Paraenetic deparabolization of parousia parables in the Synoptics and the Revelation of John The relevance of the contributions made by the early Christian prophets to the traditions of the Jesus-logia is at stake.
J. A. du Rand
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Do grapes produce blood? A problematic metaphor in biblical texts [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2022
This article focuses on a metaphor often misunderstood and mistranslated in biblical texts. Relevant texts in the Old Testament/Jewish Bible and the Deuterocanonicals are surveyed first, and fresh translations and interpretations of these are then ...
Dr. Mark Wilson
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'Gees' en 'Geeste' volgens die Openbaring aan Johannes

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 1999
'Spirit' and “Spirits’ according to the Revelation to John Theologians recently started debating the possibility of systematising a so-called doctrine of the Spirit in the book of Revelation.
J. A. du Rand
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