A tale of two cities: Rome and Babylon in Revelation.

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  • Author(s): Cotro, Hugo A.1
  • Source:
    DavarLogos. jan-jun2022, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p37-68. 32p.
  • Additional Information
    • Alternate Title:
      Historia de dos ciudades: Roma y Babilonia en el Apocalipsis.
    • Subject Terms:
      BIBLE. Revelation; BABYLON (Extinct city); CITIES & towns; ROMAN Empire, 30 B.C.-A.D. 476; APOSTASY; REVELATION; THEOLOGY; BIBLICAL figures; ESCHATOLOGY
    • Subject Terms:
      BABYLONIA; ROME
    • Abstract:
      La aproximación histórico-contemporánea o preterista ha consagrado al Imperio romano en el siglo primero como el referente detrás de la Babilonia espiritual de los capítulos 16 a 18 del Apocalipsis. No obstante, una relectura de ese motivo teológico desde el documento mismo y a la luz de ciertas consideraciones hermenéuticas, exegéticas e históricas demuestra una referencialidad de naturaleza transtemporal en armonía con el carácter cronológicamente multivalente e históricamente continuo de la escatología apocalíptica bíblica en general y joanina en particular. La apostasía recurrente del pueblo de Dios en momentos clave de la historia surge de tal análisis como el referente representado por la gran ciudad-prostituta del Apocalipsis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      The historical-contemporary or preterist approach has consecrated the Roman empire in the first century as the referent behind the spiritual Babylon of chapters 16 to 18 of Revelation. However, a reassessment of this theological motif from the document itself and in the light of certain hermeneutical, exegetical and historical considerations demonstrates a transtemporal referentiality in harmony with the chronologically multivalent and historically continuous character of biblical apocalyptic eschatology in general and Johannine eschatology in particular. The recurring apostasy of God's people at key moments in history emerges from such an analysis as the referent behind the great prostitute-city of the Apocalypse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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