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Is the Adventist Hermeneutical Approach to Daniel and Revelation Changing?
- Author(s):
- Reinder Bruinsma
- Editor(s):
- Tom de Bruin (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- Spes Christiana (journal)
- Subject(s):
- Hermeneutics
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Adventist, Biblical Hermeneutics
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/yxr3-vt30
- Abstract:
- This article investigates whether, within Seventh-day Adventism, the hermeneutical approach is changing, in particular with regard to the prophetic portions of Daniel and Revelation: Is the traditional historicist position still dominant or are other approaches also making inroads? A number of official and semi-official sources are surveyed, as well as publications from scholars and popular authors. The article zooms in on the treatment of four issues in the interpretation of apocalyptic prophecy: (1) the year-day principle, (2) the identity of the little horn (Dan. 7) and the sea-beast (Rev. 13), (3) the seal of God and the mark of the beast, and (4) the number 666. It appears that the historicist approach continues to receive support, most strongly in official and semi-official publications, but less so in books by scholars and popular authors. Authors in the two latter categories are also inclined to attribute value to other approaches besides historicism. Quite generally, there is a tendency to be less specific, when compared to the past, in making specific historical applications to particular symbols.
- Metadata:
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Publisher:
- European Adventist Society of Theology and Religious Studies
- Pub. Date:
- December 2020
- Journal:
- Spes Christiana
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 2
- Page Range:
- 5 - 24
- ISSN:
- 0935-7467
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 2 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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