The List of the Tribes in Revelation 7 Again
The anomalous features of the list of the tribes of Israel in Rev. 7.5-8 are not satisfactorily explained by the arguments of C.R,. Smith (JSNT 39 [1990], pp. 111-18). He misunderstands the relationship between the 144,000 (7.5-8) and the great multitude (7.9-14): the former is a traditional Jewish...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1991
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 1991, Volume: 13, Issue: 42, Pages: 99-115 |
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| Summary: | The anomalous features of the list of the tribes of Israel in Rev. 7.5-8 are not satisfactorily explained by the arguments of C.R,. Smith (JSNT 39 [1990], pp. 111-18). He misunderstands the relationship between the 144,000 (7.5-8) and the great multitude (7.9-14): the former is a traditional Jewish image which is given a Christian interpretation only in 7.9-14. Smith also neglects the many lists of the twelve tribes to be found in Jewish literature of the New Testament period. From these it appears that a list in the order of the birth of the patriarchs, but modified by the matriological principle, was widely regarded as normative. The list in Rev. 7 can be understood as derived, by changes partly intentional and partly unintentional, from this normative list. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X9101304206 |