The Theological Purpose of Verbal Tenses and Moods in Revelation’s Hymns
Various articles have been written about the hymns in the Revelation, focusing on their cultural background or their specific function within the narrative of the entire book. The present paper has the purpose of emphasizing the use of verbal tenses and moods in the poetic texts of the Apocalypse in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Studium Biblicum Franciscanum
[2019]
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Liber annuus
Year: 2019, Volume: 69, Pages: 287-325 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
John Evangelist
/ Revelation
/ Revelation
/ End of the world
/ Influence
/ Eschatology
/ Greek language
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBB Doctrine of Revelation |
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| Summary: | Various articles have been written about the hymns in the Revelation, focusing on their cultural background or their specific function within the narrative of the entire book. The present paper has the purpose of emphasizing the use of verbal tenses and moods in the poetic texts of the Apocalypse in order to demonstrate that the author uses grammar to communicate his theology and his world-view. John the seer, in fact, makes semantic changes to the Greek language, especially in using the present and aorist tenses in a proleptic and futuristic sense. This verbal function shows a Semitic influence on the Apocalypse and it offers an opportunity to describe the idea of “already and not yet”, typical of some eschatological realities. Even through the other tenses and moods, the Apocalypse expresses its own concepts linked with its theological plan. In this way, the poetic compositions of the Apocalypse appear as an integral part of the book and they serve to “sing” the main subjects that the author presents in his work. |
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| ISSN: | 0081-8933 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studium Biblicum Franciscanum (Jerusalem), Liber annuus
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1484/J.LA.5.120506 |