This book is about the various ways in which the Book of Revelation (the Apocalypse) has been interpreted over the last 300 years. It examines in detail Methodist, Baptist, English Anglican and Roman Catholic uses of Revelation from 1600 to 1800, and then American Millerism and Seventh-day Adventist uses from 1800 on. The book argues that, far from being a random sequence of bizarre statements, millennial schemes (including the setting of dates for the second coming of Christ) are more often characterized by complex and internally consistent interpretations of scripture. As an example, the work of David Koresh is examined at length. Koresh, styled by some the 'Wacko from Waco', clearly had views which some would find odd. However, his interpretation of scripture did not lack system or context, and to see him in that light is to begin to understand why his message had appeal.
| ISBN | 0521773342 | | Pages | 262 | | ISBN13 | 9780521773348
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Cambridge University Press | | Weight (grammes) | 490 | | Imprint | Cambridge University Press | | Published in | Cambridge | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 228 | | Publication date | 10 Aug 2000 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | Library of Congress | BS2825.2 .N485 2000 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 228.060903 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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1. Introduction: texts, eisegesis and millennial expectation; 2. Hanserd Knollys, Benjamin Keach and the Book of Revelation: a study in Baptist Eisegesis; 3. Revelation 13 and the Papal Antichrist in eighteenth-century England; 4. Catholic apocalypse: the Book of Revelation in Roman Catholicism from 1600 to 1800; 5. Methodists and the millennium: eschatological belief and the interpretation of biblical prophecy; 6. Charles Wesley: prophetic interpreter; 7. William Miller, the Book of Daniel, and the end of the world; 8. 'A Lamb-like Beast': Revelation 13:11-18 in the Seventh-day Adventist tradition; 9. Waco apocalypse: the Book of Revelation in the Branch Davidian tradition.
"interesting study...the overall effect is one fascinating" Theology Today "This work is strongly recommended for understanding the damaging effects of historicist eisegesis and setting dates, and for understanding historicism primarily in relation with postmillennialism (ans some premillennial interpretations)." Ron J. Bligalke, Journal of Dispensational Theology
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