Some issues in apocalyptic in the exegetical literature of the last ten years

• Published in: Neotestamentica Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 1 - 33
• Main Author: Decock, Paul B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pretoria The New Testament Society of South Africa / Die Nuwe-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap van Suid-Afrika 01-03-1999; New Testament Society of Southern Africa; New Testament Society of South Africa
• Subjects: 1 & 2 Peter; Apocalyptic literature; Apocalypticism; Bible; Biblical interpretation; Christianity; Eschatology; Exegesis and biblical criticism; General subjects; Hebrews; History and sciences of religions; James; Jesus; Judaism; Jude; Matthew; Mysticism; New Testament; Old Testament; Paul; Prophecy; Religious literature; Revelation; Social context and function; Theology; Wisdom; Apocalyptic; Apocalypse of St. John; Mysticism; Literary genre; Cosmology; Bibliography; Eschatology; Intertestamental literature; New Testament
• ISSN: 0254-8356; 0254-8356

In 1989 there was a follow-up meeting on the 1979 Uppsala Colloquium on apocalypticism. The results were published in a small volume edited by Collins and Charlesworth in 1991. Since then interest in apocalyptic has continued and this survey intends to give an overview of the literature on this issue since that time. The article focuses particularly on the following aspects: apocalyptic: literary genre or theological concept; the apocalyptic genre; eschatological or cosmological in content; apocalyptic movements; social context and function; apocalypses and mysticism; the sources of Jewish apocalyptic; Jesus, Q and apocalyptic traditions; apocalyptic views and wisdom; apocalyptic traditions and the Book of Revelation; apocalyptic and the rest of the New Testament; apocalyptic literature and biblical interpretation.