Millennialisme, eskatologie en apokaliptiek1
Andries van Aarde
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies August 28, 2015 DOI: 10.4102/hts.v57i3/4.1880 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Key points | Argues that the 'one thousand year reign' in Revelation 20:1-10 is best interpreted by applying social-scientific and cultural psychological perspectives on time and altered states of consciousness, rather than literal or purely theological readings. |
Abstract
Millennialism, eschatology, and apocalypticism. This aricle consists of four parts. Firstly, it describes briefly and elementarily the origins of millennialism as it manifested in the history of theoligy. Secondly, it reflects on some of the new and challenging ways New Testament scholars nowadays study eschatology and apocalypticism from a social-scientific perspecive on the conception of time in the first-century Mediterranean world and from the cultural psychological perspective on altered states of consciousness. Thirdly, the articile aims at applying the social-political results of the study to the interpretation of the expression "one thousand year reign" in Revelation 20:1-10.