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Ausgabe:

November/2013

Spalte:

1226–1228

Kategorie:

Neues Testament

Autor/Hrsg.:

Frey, Jörg, Kelhoffer, James A., u. Franz Tóth [Hrsg.]

Titel/Untertitel:

Die Johannesapokalypse. Kontexte – Konzepte – Wirkungen.

Verlag:

Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2012. XI, 867 S. m. Abb. = Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 287. Lw. EUR 159,00. ISBN 978-3-16-150603-1.

Rezensent:

Adela Yarbro Collins

This volume opens with a helpful review of scholarship on the book of Revelation by Franz Tóth. The rest of the volume is divided into three parts: Contexts, Concepts, and Reception.
In the first main section, Thomas Witulski argues that, in light of the history of the imperial cults, Revelation should be dated to the time of Hadrian. Stephan Witetschek, in contrast, argues for a date from 100 to 110 CE, warning that the images of the Apocalypse do not make it an historical allegory. Clare K. Rothschild argues that ancient medicine offers a lens through which the message to Laodicea may best be understood. She concludes that »lukewarm« does not mean »lacking conviction,« but rather »impotent,« in the sense of powerless and ineffective.


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